
(^^''WS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 



J/7 ^■ 

' I •«?"?- RELATING TO 

PUBUC SCHOOLS 

COMPILEX) FROM 

PUBLIC STATUTES AND SESSION LAWS OF 

1891-1917 

INCLUSIVE 





DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 




Book tH43 



UWS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 



RELATING TO 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



-23? 



COMPILED FROM 

PUBLIC STATUTES AND SESSION LAWS OF 



1891-1917 



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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 






MANCHESTER, N. H. 

Printed by John B. Clarke Company. 

1917. 



D. of D. 

MAR 21 1918 



LAWS RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
AND CHILDREN. 



Required by- 
law. 



SCHOOL MONEY — ^LOCAL. 

The selectmen in each town shall P. S. 88:1, 
assess' annually upon the polls and Jy 48^^187^ 
ratable estate taxable: therein, a sum 1905. 
to be computed at the rate of seven 
hundred and fifty dollars for every 
dollar of the public taxes apportioned 
tc such town, and so for a greater or 
less sum. 



[For the public tax apportioned to your 
town for year 1917 and 1918, see Laws of 
1917, also blanks for annual report to de- 
partment of public instruction. Multiply ap- 
portionment for your town by 750, and the 
result will be money required, by law.] 

Money for The school board of each district in -P- S. 88 :2, 

lupp?i°es!^ hi^gh^ *^®i^ annual report shall state in de-52,^lawf^ 
school tuition, tail the sums of money which will '^& laws 1915.^^' 
other statu- required during the ensuing fiscal 
year for the purchase of text-books, 
scholars' supplies, flags and appurte- 
nances, and for the payment of the 
tuition of the scholars of the district 
in high schools and academies in ac- 
cordance with chapter 96 of the Law^s 
of 1901, and for the payment of all 
other statutory obligations of the dis- 
trict. The selectmen of the town, In 
their next annual assessment, shall 
assess upon the taxable polls and 



tory require- 
ments, — how 
raised. 



4 SCHOOL LAWS. 

property of the district a sum. STifB.- 
oient to meet the oblig'ations above 
enumerated', with such alterations 
thereof as may be voted by the dis- 
trict, and w^hen collected shall pay 
the same over to the district treas- 
urer. 

School money The sum so raised shall be appro- P. S. 88:3. 
may be used • x i x j.i i j? • 

for what. priated to the sole purpose of main- 

taining public schools Avithin the tow^n 
[district] for teaching" reading-, writ- 
ing, English grammar, arithmietic, 
geography, and such other branches 
as are adapted to the advancement of 
the schools, including the purchase of 
fuel and other supplies, the making of 
occasional repairs upon schoolhouses, 
appurtenaces, and furniture, and the 
conveyance of scholars to andr froin 
school as provided by law. ^ 

[Occasional repairs are those involving a 
small outlay, not more than five per cent of 
the total school money. For repairs which 
amount to remodeling, special appropriations 
should be made. For conveyance of pupils 
not more than 25 per cent of all school 
moneys may be used.] 

Assignment to The selectmen shall assign to each p. s. 88:4. 

districts. district a proportion of such money, 

according to the valuation of the dis- 
trict for the year, or in such other 
manner as the town, at the annual 
meeting, shall direct, and shall pay 
over the same to the school board of 
the district. 

[In most cases there is but one district in 
a town. The selectmen therefore will pay 
over the entire school assessment to the dis- 
trict treasurer to be paid out on the ordej* 
of the school board.] 



SCHOOL MONEY LOCAL. O 

When a g-uardian and ward reside P. S. 88:5. 
in the same town, the selectmen shall 
assig-n the tax assessed upon the 
ward's personal property to the 
school district in "svhich the w^ard lives 
and has hisi home. 
Penalty for If the selectmen neglect to assess, P. S. 88:6. 

le^cfimen ^to ^^ assig-n, or pay over the school money- 
assess, etc. as aforesaid, they shall pay for each 
neglect a sum equal to that sio neg*- 
lected to be assessed, assigned, or paid 
over, to be recovered by action of 
debt, in the name and for the use of 
the district by the school board. 
Penalty for il- If the money so assigned and paid P. S. 88:7. 
neglect to use over to the school board of any dlis- 
school^^ board ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ expended by them accord- 
ing to law, they shall be fined not ex- 
ceeding twice the sum so unexpended, 
or not legally expended, for the use 
of the district. 

[The school money must not only be legally 
expended, but it must be all legally expended 
in the maintenance of schools during the 
school year for which it was appropriated. 
School money cannot lawfully be laid up.] 

The district Any district may raise money for P. S. 88:8, as 

may raise ^, x ^ h. ■, • -.-.-x- x amended by 

money addi- the Support of schools m addition to 52, laws 1909. 

re^lred^ by ^* ^^^® sum required by law, which shall 
J*^- be assessed, collected and paid over 

to the district as other school taxes ; 
and all money for the support of pub- 
lic schools, except that provided by 
section 1 of this chapter, and all 
moneys for the building, repair or al- 
teration of schoolhouses, for the im- 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Selectmen 
shall assess. 



Dog tax. 



School 
wagons. 



District 
taxes. 



provement of school grounds, and for 
any other purpose connected with the 
adnmnistration, support, equipment 
and improvement of the public 
schools, excepting- purposes already 
provided for by statute, shall be 
raised only in a lav^-ful meeting of the 
district. 

The selectmen shall annually assess 22:2, laws 
upon the polls and ratable estate of ■'^^^^• 
the district a sum equal to the 
amounts determined by the district 
as prescribed in section 1, and shall 
pay over the same to the district 
treasurer. 

All moneys arising, from the taxa P. S. 88:14. 
tion and licensing of dogs, remaining 
in the treasury of any tov^^n or city 
on the first day of April, annually, 
which is not due to holders of or- 
ders given for loss of or damages to 
domestic animals by dogs, shall be 
applied to the support of the public 
scihools, and shall be assigned to the 
districts a« other school money. 

Any school district may raise 46, laws 
money for the purchase of suitable 
vehicles for the transportation of 
school children. 

In the assessment of school-district P. S. 89:6. 
taxes, every person shall be taxed in 
the districit in which he lives for his 
poll and his personal estate subject 
to taxation in town. "Real estate 
shall be taxed in the district in which 
it is situated. 



SCHOOL MONEY STATE. 

The selectmen may make a new in- P. S. 89:7. 
voice of all the property in the dis- 
trict when necessary for the just as- 
sessment of such taxes. 

If such taxes are assessed after the p. s. 89:8. 
first day of July in any year upon the 
property of nonresidents, the collector 
shall send to the owners of said prop- 
erty, or to their agents, if known, a 
bill of their taxes within two months 
after the delivery of the list to him, 
and shall, at the expiration of four 
months after such delivery, advertise 
and sell the property on Which the 
taxes have not been paid in the same 
manner as if such taxes had been as- 
sessed in April preecding. 



II. 



SCHOOL MONEY STATE. 

Literary fund. All taxes collected by the state p. g. 88:9. 
upon the deposits, stock, and attend- 
ing- accumulations of depositors and 
stockholders of savings banks, trust 
companies, loan and trust companies, 
loan and banking companies, building 
and loan associations, and other sim- 
ilar corporations, who do not reside in 
this state, or whose residence is un- 
known, shall be known as the "lit- 
erary fund." 



8 SCHOOL LAWS. 

Literary fund. The state treasuTer shall assign and P. S. 88:10. 

of.^ ^ distribute, in November of each year, 

the literary fund among the towns 
and places in proportion to the num- 
ber of scholars not less than five 
years of age w^ho shall, by the last 
reports of the school boards returned 
to the superintendent of public in- 
struction, appear to have attended the 
public schools in such towns and 
places not less than two weeks within 
that year. 

No unincorporated place shall re- P. S. 88:11. 
ceive its portion until a treasurer or 
school agent shall have been chosen 
to receive and appropriate the same 
as required by law. 

Lilerary fund The portion of the literary fund so p g 88:12. 

^STor^that. i-eceived by any town or place shall 
be assigned to the districts as other 
school money, and shall be applied to 
the maintenance of the public schools 
during the current j^ear ; one fifth part 
thereof may be applied by the school 
board to the purchase of blackboards, 
dictionaries, maps, charts, and school 
apparatus. 

Literary fund If any town or incorporated place p. s. 88:13. 

misu^^^^f ^^^or the agent of any unincorporated 
place shall apply any money so re- 
ceived to any other purpose, the town, 
place, or agent so offending sliall re- 
fund to the state treasury double the 
sum so misapplied. 



SCHOOL MONEY STATE. 



State aid- 
towns to 
receive. 



State aid — 
average at- 
tendance 
basis. 



No appropriation of money provided 
for in sections 2 to 3 inclusive of this 
act shall be held to apply to tovi^ns 
having- an equalized valuation of more 
than $9,500 per pupil of averag"e at- 
tendance for the year preceding; or 
whose populiatdon by the last pub- 
lished federal census is more than 
3,500 ; or whose schools have been 
maintained less than an average of 
thirty weeks for the school year next 
preceding ; or vvdiose tax rate for 
school purposes is less than $3.40 on 
one thousand dollars of equalized 
valuation. 

There shall annually in the month 
of December be apportioned to all 
towns not excluded by the terms of 
section 1 and as hereafter provided 
state money as follows : 

I. To all towns having an equal- 
ized valuation per pupil of average 
attendance of less than $3,500, the sum 
of $1.75 per school week for every 
t%venty-five pupils or major f)^^^ 
thereof of average attendance for the 
year next preceding. 

II. To all towns having an equal- 
ized valuation per pupil of $3,500, or 
more and less than $4,500, $1.50. 

III. To all towns having an equal- 
ized valuation per pupil of $4,500, or 
more and less than $5,500', $1.25. 

IV. To all towns having an equal- 
ized valuation per pupil of $5,500 or 
more and less than $7,000, $1.00. 



158:1. laws 
1909, as 
amended by 
182. laws 
1913. 

(This amend- 
ment took 
effect Jan. 
1, 1914.) 



158:2, laws 
1909. as 
amended by 
182, laws 
1913. 



10 SCHOOL LAWS. 

V. To all towns having- an equal- 
ized valuation of $7,000 or more and 
less than $9,500, per pupil, $0.75. 
State aid — When any district shiall employ 158:3, laws 

qualified ^ ^ . ^r tt x.- ^r 1909- 

teacher basis, graduates of a Nev^ Hampshire Nor- 
mal school, or of any Normal school 
in another state of equivalent grade, 
or persons holding- a permanent New 
Hampshire state teacher's certificate, 
it shall receive a further sum of $2.00 
per week for every teacher so em- 
ployed, 
gtate aid There shall annually be reserved 158:4, laws 

district sxiper- and set aside from the appropriation 
vision and 

high school provided for by this act such sums as 
tuition. g^j^g^jl ^g needed for carrying out the 

provisions of chapter 77, Session Laws 
of 1899, relating to district supervi- 
sion, and of chapter 96, Session Laws 
of 1901, relating to high school 
tuition. 

State aid ^^® sum® of $120,000 for the year 158:5, laws 

appropriation 1917-18 and $120,000 for the year amendS by 
1918-19 are hereby appropriated to 230 and 231 
carry into effect the provisions of this 
act, and any portion of such appro- 
priation aS' shall remain unexpended 
in any year shall remain in the state 
treasury for use in subsequent years, 
and if in any year the above appro- 
priation and accumulated surplus 
shall prove insufficient, then towns 
having the highest equalized valua- 
tion per pupil shall be omitted in 



SCHOOL MONEY STATE. 



11 



Penalty for 
not making 
returns. 
Minimum 
school year. 



High school 
tuition rebate, 
See also un 
der High 
Schools. 



order from' the distribution provided 
for in sections 2 and 3. 

The sum apropriated' by section 51^8:6, laws 
^ ^ "^ 1909. 

shall be in place of the annual appro- 
priations of $25,000 and $8,000 pro- 
vided by chapter 77, Laws of 1899, 
and chapter 96, Laws of 1901, and 
amendments thereto, respectively, and 
such appropriations shall be discon- 
tinued upon the passage of this act. 

All money appropriated by this act 158:7. laws 
shall be expended under the super- 
vision of the governor and council. 

No town sball reecive any benefit 77:7, laws 

1899 

under this act nor any portion of the 
literary fund unless its returns have 
been made to the superintendent of 
public instruction, as required by 
chapter 92, section 13, of the Public 
Statutes, nor unless its schools have 
been maintained at least twenty 
weeks during the school year next 
preceding. 

[Such sum as may be needed] shall 96:3, laws 
Ibe appropriated annually from the ^^^^^^^'^^1 ^^ 
state treasury for the payment of 158^4, laws 
tuition in high schools and academies, 
to be paid by the state treasurer in 
the month of December of each year 
to the treasurers of such towns as are 
entitled, and in such manner as is 
hereinafter provided, upon a sworn 
certificate of the superintendent of 
public instruction of the sums due. 



12 SCHOOL LAWS. 

Towns whose rate of taxation for 
school purposes in any year is $3.50 
or more on $1,000', and whose average 
rate of taxation for all purposes for 
five years next preceding- is $16.50 or 
more on $l,0i00, shall receive a share 
of said appropriatioii as follows: 

If the tax rate is from $16.50 to 
$17.49, one-tenth of the tuition paid. 

If the tax rate is from $17.50 to 
$18.49, two-tenths of the tuition paid. 

If the tax rate is from $18.50 to 
$19.49, three tenths of the tuition 
paid. 

If the tax rate is from $19.50 to 
$20.49, four-tenths of the tuition paid. 

If the tax rate is from $20.50 to 
$21.49, five-tenths of the tuition paid. 

If the tax rate is from $21.50 to 
$22.49, six-tenths of the tuition paid. 

If the tax rate is from $22.50 to 
$23.4'9, seven-tenths of the tuition 
paid. 

If the tax rate is from $23.50 to 
$24.49, eig-ht-tenths of the tuition 
paid. 

If the tax rate is from $24.50 to 
$25.49, nine-tenths of the tuition paid. 

Over $25.49, the whole of such tu- 
ition, 

III. 

SCHOOL LOANS AND BONDS. 

Districts may School districts may hire money for p. s. 89:4 as 
forVTa?-!!"" ''^^"Iding or repairing- schoolhouses, J-|-J«d^^-y 
^ow. and procuring and grading lots for 1909. 



SCHOOL LOAIvTS AND BONDS. 13 

the same upon the promissory notes 

or bonds of the district. If the 

money is so hired npon the note or 

notes of the district, said note or 

notes shall be signed by the district 

treasurer and by the school board, 

and if upon the bonds of the district, 

said bonds shall be issued under and 

by virtue of, in conformity with, and 

srubject to limitations of chapter 43, 

Laws of 1895, entitled "The Municipal 

Bond Act." 

Any city, town, precinct, school or 5.5, laws 1907, 
.„-,.,., .J. , as amended 

Village district may exempt from tax- by chapter 51, 

ation anj^ future issue of its bonds. ^'''^^ 1913. 
provided such exemption shall apply 
only to bonds owned and held by citi- 
zens of said city, town, precinct, 
school or village district. 
Districts may School districts may raise money to p. s. 89:3, as 
oTer ^ir P'-°'="e l""" i"- schoolhouse lots, and iS^^wt */l8. 
regular for the enlargement of existing lots ; and chapter 

school money ,,.,-, , , . "^2 laws 

for what. to build, purchase, rent, repair, or re- 1915. 

move schoolhouses and outbuildings, 
and buildings to be used for occu- 
pancy by the teachers in the employ 
of such school district ; to procure in- 
surance; to plant and care for shade 
and ornamental trees upon school- 
house lots ; to provide suitable furni- 
ture, books, maps, charts, apparatus, 
and conveniences for schools, and to 
pay debts. School districts may at 
any legal meeting holden therein, by 
a majority of the legal voters pres- 



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SCHOOL LAWS. 



ent and voting at the meeting, author- 
ize its school board to hire money for 
any of the purposes above mentioned 
of individuals living in the town in 
which such school district is located 
at a rate of interest not exceeding five 
per cent per annum, and provide that 
all moneys thus loaned shall be ex- 
empt from taxation. 

IV. 

SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 



Definition of 
term ' 'dis- 
trict." 



Districts to 
be corpora- 
tions. 



Admission of 
scholars from 
other dis- 
tricts. 



Each town shall constitute a single p. s. 89:1, as 

district for school purposes, provided, ^^^^^^^ ^^ 

however, that districts organized un- 1909. 

der special acts of the legislature may 

retain their present organization, and 

the word "town" wherever used in 

the statues in connection with the 

government, administration, support, 

or improvement of the public schools 

shall be held to mean district. 

All districts legally organized shall P. S. 89 :2, as 
1 ;• •.! i amended by 

be corporations, with power to sue 23^ laws 1909. 

and be sued, to hold and dispose of 
real and personal property for the 
use of the schools therein, and to 
make necessary contracts in relation 
thereto. 

Each district may determine upon P. S. 89:12. 
what terms scholars from other dis- 
tricts or towns may be admitted into 
its schools. If the district neglects 



SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 15 

to make such, determination, the 
school board may do it. 

Districts Every district situate in two or p. s. 89:13. 

orrnore^'^ more towns shall be entitled to its 

towns. j^g^ proportion of school taxes, in- 

come of school funds, literary fund, 
and dog- tax in each town, according 
to the valuation of polls and property 
taxable therein. 

Dissolution of Any school district org-anized under p g 89:14. 

trict. a special act of the legislature may, 

by a majority vote of the qualified 
voters present and voting at a legal 
meeting, dissolve its corporate exist- 
ence and unite with, the town district. 

In such case the town district sop. S. 89:15. 
formed shall forthwith take posses- 
sion of the schoolhouses, lands, ap- 
paratus, and other property owned 
and used for school purposes by the 
district so dissolved which the dis- 
trict might lawfully sell or convey. 

The property so taken, and also like p. s. 89:16, 
property of the district to which the 
special district is united, shall be ap- 
praised by the selectmen of the town, 
and at the next annual assessment a 
tax shall be levied upon the whole 
town district equal to the amount of 
the whole appraisal ; and there shall 
be remitted to the taxpayers of each 
district the appraised value of its 
property. 

Tf a district so dissolved is formed p. g, 89:17. 
of parts of two or more towns, an 



16 SCHOOL LAWS. 

equitable apportionment of its assets 
and liabilities between such parts 
shall be made by the selectmen of the 
toAvns in which they are sitxiate, act- 
ing* as a joint board, within sixty 
days after the dissolution. 

If such joint board fail to make an p. s. 89:18. 
apportionment within the time limited 
therefor, any taxpayer within the dis- 
trict may apply by petition to a judge 
of the supreme court for the appoint- 
ment of a referee tO' make the appor- 
tionment. 

The judge shall appoint a time and p. g. 89:19. 
place of hearing upon the petition, 
and order notice thereof to be given 
to all parties interested, and after 
hearing them he shall appoint a 
referee. 

The notice shall be served by post- P. S. 89:20. 
ing copies of the petition and order 
thereon in at least two public places 
in each of said parts, and by giving 
to the clerk of the dissolved district, 
and the clerk of each town district 
in which any part thereof is located, 
like copies ten days at least before 
the day of hearing. 

The referee shall cause notice of his p g 89:21 
hearing to be given to all parties in- 
terested, in the same manner as is 
provided in the preceding section. He 
shall hear the parties, make his re- 
port in writing, and file a copy thereof 
with the clerk of the dissolved district 



SCHOOL DISTRICTS. lY 

and the clerk of each town interested ; 
and the report, so made and filed, shall 
be fini^. 

Upon receiving a copy oi the ap-P. S. 89:22. 
portionment, the selectmen shall as- 
sess upon that part of the district 
within their town the amount for 
w^hich it is charged, and cause the 
same to be collected and paid to the 
town district in which the creditor 
part of the dissolved district is sit- 
uated. 

The town district shall take the p. g. 89:23, 
property and assets of that part of 
the dissolved district which is situate 
in such town district, and the select- 
men of the town shall assess and remit 
taxes with reference to the property 
so taken, and like property of the town 
district, the same as in other cases. 

The corporate powers of a district P. S. 89:24. 
shall continue for the purpose of set- 
tling up its afPairs and of holding, 
managing, and enjoying any property 
held by it in trust, notwithstanding its 
dissolution, but the school board of 
the district of which it forms a part 
shall be its agents to expend the in- 
come of any such trust property that 
is devoted to the support of schools. 

The school board shall first give to P. S. 89:25. 
such district or districts such term or 
character of schooling as would be 
just and reasonable if no such fund 
were in existence, and only use the 



18 , SCHOOL LAWS. 

income to lengthen tlie scnool or 
schools, or to carry out the purposes 
of the trust under which the/ funds 
are held. 

Any justice of the peace may, upon p. s. 89:26. 
application of three or more voters, 
resident within the limits of the dis- 
solved district, call a meeting thereof 
in the same manner as other school 
district meetings are called, at which 
a moderator, clerk, and agents may 
be chosen, and any other business 
transacted for the purposes mentioned 
in section 24 of this chapter. 

The record® of dissolved school dis-p. s. 89:27. 
tricts whose corporate existence is not 
continued for any purpose shall be 
returned by the clerks of such districts 
to the town clerk's office for preserva- 
tion with the public records of the 
town. 
Maintenance Whenever any school district or-64:i^ laws 
^'^h^of^in dis- g'^i^ized under a special act of the leg--"^^^^- 
solved special islature shall vote to abolish such dis- 
trict and to unite with the town dis- 
trict, if said tovm district shall vote 
to receive said special district, if said 
special district has for the five years 
next preceding such vot« maintained 
a high school, it shall be incumbent 
on the tovsrn district with which it 
unites to thereafter keep and maintain 
within the limits of said special dis- 
trict a high school for at least thirty- 
four weeks in each year, and of equal 



SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 



19 



grade to that which had been previ- 
ously maintained therein by such spe- 
cial district, said high school to be 
open to all scholars in the town dis- 
trict, of suitable age and qualifications. 

It shall be the dnty of said town 64:2, laws 
district to raise and appropriate each 1891. 
year thereafter sufficient money in ad- 
dition to the school money which the 
town in which it is situated may raise, 
to properly maintain such high school, 
or schools, as may be established 
under the preceding section. 
Annexation of ^^Y person interested in severing 72:1, laws 

territory situ- p^rt of any town therefrom and an- 
ate m one ^ "^ 

nexing it to another town, or school 



1893. 



district to 
another dis- 
trict for 
school pur- 



district therein, for school purposes, 
may apply therefor by petition to the 
selectmen of the town from which it 
is proposed to sever such territory, 
and to the selectmen of the town to 
which it is proposed to annex the 
same. 

It shall be the duty of said select- 72:2, faws 
men, upon notice to such petitioners l^^^- 
and to the school boards of the re- 
spective tovms and school districts in- 
terested in the proposed transfer, to 
hear the parties, and determine 
whether the reasonable accommoda- 
tion of such petitioners or others re- 
quires such transfer, and to make re- 
turn of their findings to the clerks of 
their respective towns in writing 
within thirty days. 



20 SCHOOL LAWS. 

If a majority of each of said boards 72:3, laws 
of selectmen report in favor of sucli 
transfer, they shall sign a certificate 
of that fact, describing such terri- 
tory, and stating that it is annexed 
to siuch adjoining town, or district 
therein for school purposes, which 
certificate shall be recorded by the 
town clerk of each town. 

Any territory now or hereafter an* 72:4, laws 

1893 
nexed for school purposes to an ad- 
joining town or school district therein, 
may, upon proceedings such as have 
been prescribed in the foregoing sec- 
tions of this act, be restored to the 
town or district from which it has 
been severed. 

The annexation of territory under 72:5, laws 

1893 

this act shall have the same force and 
validity as if made by a special act of 
the legislature. 

The selectmen and collector of any 72:6, laws 
town to which part of any other town ^^^^• 
is now or may hereafter be annexed 
for school purposes shall have the 
same powers and duties in respect to 
such annexed territory, of furnishing 
blank inventories and of assessing and 
collecting taxes for school purposes, 
and the inhabitants and owners 
thereof shall for such purposes be 
subject to the same liabilities as if 
such territory were in the tovm to 
which it is or may be annexed. 

■Section 6 of chapter 72 of the Ses- 



' SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 21 

sion Laws of 18i93 shall not apply to 72:6, laws 
special districts, but only to town dis- amended by 
tricts, and all special taxes voted by ^6, laws 1897. 
said districts shall be assessed and 
collected in the same manner as they 
were assessed and collected prior to 
the enactment of said chapter 72. 

The selectmen of any town, and the 72:7. laws 
school board of any high school or am^ended by 
other special district in the same 75, laws 1895. 
town, may, upon petition of persons 
interested, after notice to the school 
board of the town school district of 
such town, and after hearing- the par- 
ties, unite parts of either district to 
the other, a majority of the board of 
selectmen and majority of the school 
board of such special district, and a 
majority of the school board of the 
town school district concurring 
therein, and their decision in writing 
being recorded on the town records. 

District ■^''^Y school district may, by vote or p. s. 89:9. 

high school, by-law, establish and maintain a high 

school in "which the higher English 

branches of education and the Latin, 

Greek, and modern languages may be 

, taught. 

Joint schools Two or more adjoining districts in p. g. 89:10, 

more^dis^tricts ^^^ same or different towns may make 
contracts with each other for estab- 
lishing and maintaining jointly a high 
or other public school for the benefit 
of their scholar^, and may raise and 
• appropriate money to carry the con- 



22 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Evening 
schools. 



Playgrounds. 



tracts into effect; and their school 
boards, acting jointly or otherwise, 
shall have such autho-^'ity and perform 
such duties in relation to schools so 
maintained as may be provided for in 
the contracts. 

Upon petition of five per cent of the 112 :1, 1901. 
legal voters of any city or town having / 

more than five thousand inhabitants, 
according to the latest United States 
census, said city or town shall estab- 
lish and maintain, in addition to the 
schools required by the law to be 
maintained therein, evening schools 
for the instruction of persons over 
fourteen years of age in such branches 
of learning and art as the school board 
shall deem expedient. 

The school board of such cities and 112:2, 1901. 
towns shall have the same superin- 
tendence over such evening schools as 
they have over other schools, and may 
determine the term or terms of time 
in each year and the hours of the 
evening during which such schools 
shall be kept, and may make such 
regulations as to attendance at such 
schools as they may deem expedient. 

Nothing contained in this act shall 112:3, 1901. 
exempt any person from the require- 
ments of chapter 93 of the Public 
Statutes. 

Towns may at any legal meeting 146:1, 1911. 
grant and vote such sums of money as 
they shall judge necessary to estab- 



SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 23 

lish, equip and maintairL suitable 
places for public playgrounds, in ac- 
cordance with the provisions of sec- 
tion 4, chapter 40, of the Public Stat- 
utes. 

(Any city or town of this state may^^""^' ■^^•^'^* 
take land within the municipal limits 
in fee by gift, purchase or right of 
eminent domain, or may lease ttie 
same; and may prepare, equip, and 
maintain it, or any other land belong- 
ing to the municipality and suitable 
for the purpose, as a public play- 
ground ; and may conduct and pro- 
mote thereon play and recreation ac- 
tivities ; may equip and operate neigh- 
borhood center buildings, may operate 
public baths and swimming pools ; and 
may employ such play leaders, play- 
ground instructors, supervisors, recre- 
ation secretary, or superintendent and 
other officials as it deems best. 

Any city or town of this state m!ayg6.2, 1917. 
provide annually out of the tax levy 
that the board given charge of recre- 
ation shall receive, without special ap- 
propriation, a specific number of cents 
on each one hundred (100) dollars of 
assessed valuation. 

The above powers may be exercised gg. 3 1917^ 
by a recreation commission, by the 
school board, or by the park board, or 
nqlay be divided' between such recre- 
ation commission, school board and 
park board, or any of them, according 



24 SCHOOL LAWS. 

as the city council or the town may 
decide. 

Any city or town of this state may 86:4, 1917. 
expend in carrying out the purpose of 
this act such sums as may be duly ap- 
propriated for the purpose. 

If any city or town in the state shall 
decide that the above powers shall be 
exercised by a recreation commission, 
the mayor, cihairman, or other officer 
having- the power of appointment, shall 
appoint five persons who are citizens 
and residents of such municipality, 
who shall serve without pay. The two 
persons first appointed shall serve for 
three years ; the two persons next ap- 
pointed for two years ; the fifth person 
appointed for one year. Their succes- 
sors shall be appointed for three years. 
Vacancies as they occur shall be filled 
by the m^ayor, chairman or other offi- 
cer having- the power of appointment, 
for the unexpired term only. The 
members of the recreation commis-86:5, 1917. 
sion shall from their owm number 
elect a chairman, secretary, and other 
necessary officers to serve for one 
year, or until their successors are 
elected. The recreation commission 
shall have power to adopt rules of 
procedure and prescribe regulations 
for the conduct of all business within 
its jurisdiction. 

If in any city or town of this state 86:6, 1917. 
the school board be given charge of 



SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 25 

public playgrounds and recreation 

centers under this act, such school 

board is authorized to carry on play- 
grounds and recreation activities on 

the grounds and in the buildings in 

charge of the school board, and on 

such other grounds and in such other 

buildings as may with its approval 

be assigned to it. 

If some other board than the school 86:7. 1917. 

board have charge of public play- 
grounds and recreation centers in any 

city or town of this state, under the 

provisions of this act, such board 

shall have the power to carry on play- 
grounds and recreation activities on 

the grounds and in the buildings in 

charge of the school board, and pay 

the necessary expense incident to 

such recreation activities ; provided 
that nothing in this act shall be con- 
strued to abridge the power of the 
school board to veto the use of any 
of its grounds or buildings for recre- 
ation purposes, when such use inter- 
feres with the use of grounds or 
building-s for educational purposes. 

If in any city or town of this state 86:8, 1917. 
the park board be given charge of 
public playgrounds and recreation 
centers under provisions of this act, 
such park board is authorized to 
carry on playgrounds in charge of the 
park board, and on such other 
gTounds and in such other buildings 



20 SCHOOL LAWS. 

as may with its approval be assigned 86:9, 1917. 
to it. 

If some other board than the park 
board have charge of the public play- 
grounds and recreation centers in any 
city or town of this state, under the 
provisions of this act, such board shall 
have the power to carry on play- 
grounds and recreation activities on 
the grounds and in the buildings in 
charge of the park board, and pay 
the necessary expense incident to such 
recreation activities; provided that 
nothing in this act shall be construed 
to abridge the right of the park board 
to veto the use of any of its grounds 
or buildings for recreation purposes, 
when such use for recreation purposes 
shall interfere with use of the 
grounds or buildings for park pur- 
poses. 

Summary of Chief Powers of District. 

1. May raise money for general 

school purposes in addition to 
that required by law^. 

2. May raise money for buildings 

and lots. 

3. May hire money for schoolhouse 

construction. 

4. May establish high school. 

5. May contract with other districts 

for maintenance of joint 
schools. 



MEETIl^GS AND OFFICEKS. 

6. May contract with literary insti- 

tution for furnishing tuition. 

7. May determine on what terms pu- 

pils from other districts may 
be admitted to its schools. 

8. May locate schoolhouses, fix sal- 

aries of school board and tru- 
ant officers. 

9. May raise money to purchase 

wagons. 

Some Things a District May Not Do. 

1. Transcend any statutory require- 

ment. 

2. Fix length of school year. 

3. Fix salaries of teachers. 

4. Establish and locate or discon- 

tinue common schools. 



MEETINGS AND OFFICERS AND QUALIFIED 
VOTERS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 



Time of 

annual 

meeting. 



Special 
meeting. 



A meeting of every school district?. S. 90:1. 
shall be holden annually between the 
first day of March and the twentieth 
day of April, inclusive, for the choice 
of district officers and the transaction 
of other district business. 

A special meeting of a school dis-p. g. 90:2. 
trict shall be holden whenever, in the 
opinion of the school board, there is 
occasion therefor, or wh^enever ten or 
more voters, or one-sixth of the vo- 
ters of the district, shall have made 



28 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Place of 
meeting. 



Warrant for 
meeting. 



written application to the school 
board therefor, setting forth the sub- 
ject-matter upon which action is de- 
sired. 

No village district or precinct, 121, laws 
school district, hig^hw^ay district, fire 
district or other like subdivision of a 
towm, shall raise or appropriate 
money at any special meeting of the 
inhabitants thereof, except by vote by 
ballot, nor unless the ballots cast at 
such meeting shall be equal in num- 
ber to at least one-half of the number 
of legal voters of such district at the 
regular meeting next preceding such 
special meeting ; and if a checklist 
was used at the last preceding regu- 
lar meeting, the same shall be used 
to ascertain the number of legal vo- 
ters in said district ; and such check- 
list, corrected according to law, may 
be used at such special meeting upon 
request of ten legal voters of the 
district. 

School district meetings may be p. s. 90:3. 
held at the usual place where town 
meetings of the town are held, or at 
such other suitable place as in the 
opinion of the officers calling the 
meeting vn^ll best aocommodate the 
voters. 

They shall be warned by the school P. S. 90 :4. 
board, or, in cases authorized by law, 
by a justice of the peace, by a war- 
rant addressed to the inhabitants of 



MEETIl^^^GS AND OFFICERS. 29 

the district qualified to vote in dis- 
trict affairs, stating tlie time and 
place of the meeting- and the subject- 
matter of the business to be acted 
upon. 

The officers issuing" a warrant for a P. s. 90:5. 
district meeting shall insert therein 
any subject-matter for which appli- 
cation has been made to them in 
\vriting by ten or more voters, or by 
one-sixth of the voters of the district. 

The school board or justice issuing p s_ 90:6. 
a warrant shall cause an attested 
copy of it to be posted at the plaee of 
meeting, and a like copy at one other 
public place in the district, fourteen 
days before the day of meeting. 

If the school board does not cause p. s. 90:7. 
a warrant for the annual meeting to 
be posted on or before the second 
Tuesday of March, in any year, or for 
a special meeting w^ithin ten days 
after application therefor is made to 
them, a justice of the peace, upon ap- 
plication of ten or more voters, or of 
one-sixth of the voters of the district, 
may issue such warrant and cause it 
to be posted. 

The warrant, with a certificate? S. 90:8. 
thereon, verified by oath, stating the 
time and places when and where cop- 
ies of it were posted, shall be given 
to the clerk of the district at or be- 
fore the time of the meeting, and 
shall be recorded by him in the rec- 
ords of the district. 



30 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Qualification 
for voting. 



Checklist at 
school meet- 
ings. 



Penalty for 
illegal voting. 



Any person, whether male or fe-P. S. 90:9. 
male, but in all other respects except 
sex qualified to vote in town affairs, 
may vote at school district meetings 
in the district in which such, person 
has resided and had home three 
months next preceding- the meeting. 

Upon petition of ten legal voters of p. g. 90:10. 
any district, presented in January, or 
if the district at its annual meeting 
shall have voted that a checklist be 
used at future meetings, the school 
board shall make, post, and correct 
a list of the legal voters in the dis- 
trict, as supervisors are required to 
do in, regard to the list of voters in 
their towns; and such list shall be 
used and checked, at the election of 
officers and otherwise, at the annual 
meeting of the district, as in case of 
town meetings. 

[Section 10 was amended by chap- 97, laws 1895. 
ter 97 of Session Laws of 1895', as 
follows : 

That section 10' of chapter 90 of 
the Public Statutes shall not be ap- 
plicable to any special school district 
in this state, unless a petition for a 
checklist shall be signed by five per 
cent of the legal voters of the dis- 
trict.] 

If any person under the age ofp.s. 90:11. 
twenty-one years, or any alien not 
naturalized, or any person who has 
not resided and had his home in the 



MEETIN-GS A1^T> OFFICEES. J 

district for three months and in the 
town for six months preceding, shall 
vote in any district meeting, or if any 
person shall give in more than one 
vote for any officer voted for at the 
meeting, or if any person, being under 
■ examination before the school board 
as to his qualifications as a voter, 
shall give any false name or answer, 
he shall be fined not exceeding thirty 
dollars, or be imprisoned not exceed- 
ing three months. 
Officers. The officers of every school district p. s. 90:12. 

for which the law does not otherwise 
provide shall be a moderator, a clerk, 
a school board of three persons, a 
treasurer, and one or more auditors, 
and such other officei;s and agents as 
the voters may judge necessary for 
managing the district affairs. 

While any district maintains a high p. g. 90:13. 
school or unites with another district 
in maintaining one, it may have a 
school board consisting of three, six 
or nine members, as it shall deter- 
mine by vote or by-law. Whenever 
it ceases to maintain or to unite in 
maitaining a high, school, it shall 
thereafter elect only one member to 
the school board each year to fill va- 
cancies occurring from expiration of 
term of service, so that the board will 
decrease in numbers, year by year, 
until it shall be composed of only 
three members. 



32 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Manner of 
election. 



Term of 
officers. 



Eligibility to No person shall be eligible to any P. S. 90:14. 
office. 1, 1 ^. ^ • ^ ^ 1 -u • 20, laws 1909. 

sohool-district office unless he is a 

voter in the district. No person hold- 
ing office as a member of a school 
board shall at the same time act as 
district treasurer or auditor, nor shall 
any member of a school board be em- 
ployed as a teacher in his district. 

The moderator shall be chosen byP- S. 90:15, 
ballot, by a plurality vote ; the clerk, 69, laws 1897. 
school board, and treasurer shall be 
chosen by ballot, by a majority vote. 
The moderator, clerk, and school ^ 

board shall be sw^orn. 

One third of the members of thex>. s. 90:16. 
school board shall be chosen each 
year to hold office for three years, and 
until their successors are chosen and 
qualified, and vacancies in the board 
shall be filled so as to preserve such 
succession in office. All other officers 
shall be chosen annually, and shall 
hold office for one year, and until 
their successors are chosen and quali- 
fied. 

The moderator shall have the like P. 8.90:17. 
power and duty as a moderator of a 
town meeting to conduct the business 
and to preserve order, and may ad- 
minister oaths to district officers and 
in the district business. In case of a 
vacancy or absence, a moderator pro 
tempore may be chosen. 

The clerk shall keep a true record P. S. 90:18. 
of all the doings of each meeting; 
shall deliver to the selectmen of the 



Moderator. 



Clerk. 



MEETINGS AND OFFICEES. 



33 



toAvn an attested copy of every vote 
to raise money vv^ithin ten days after 
the meeting-; shall make an attested 
copy of any record of the district for 
any person upon request and tender 
of leg-al fees therefor; shall act as 
moderator of any meeting until a 
moderator pro tempore shall be 
chosen, if the moderator is absent or 
the office has become vacant ; and 
shall have the same pov^er to admin- 
ister oaths w^hich the moderator has. 
If the clerk is absent at any meet- 
ing, a clerk pro tempore shall be , 
chosen. 

The Clerk. The clerk of every school district p. s. 90:19. 

shall, forthwith, after the election 
from time to time of members of the 
school board, report in w^riting their 
names and postoffice addresses to the 
town clerk of the town ; and if he 
fails to do so, he shall be fined twenty 
dollars, one-half for the use of the 
complainant and the other half for 
the use of the town. 

Treasurer. The treasurer shall, before entering p_ g 90:20. 

upon the duties of his office, give a 
bond with sufficient sureties to the 
district, to the acceptance of the 
school board, for the faithful per- 
formance of his official duties-. 

The treasurer shall have the cus-p g 90:21. 
tody of all moneys belonging to the 
district, and shall pay out the same 
only upon orders of the school board. 



34 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Auditors. 



Filling of 
vacancies. 



He shall keep a fair and correct ac- 
count of all sums received into and 
paid from the district treasury. At 
the close of each fiscal year he shall 
make a report to the district, g^iving- 
a particular account of all receipts 
and payments during the year. He 
shall furnish to the school board 
statements from his books, and sub- 
mit his books and vouchers to them 
and to the district auditors for ex- 
amination, whenever so requested. 

The auditors shall carefully exam- P. S. 90:22. 
ine the accounts of the treasurer and 
school board at the close of each fiscal 
year, and at other times whenever 
necessary, and report to the district 
whether the same are correctly cast 
and well vouched. 

The school board shall fill vacancies P. S. 90:23. 
occurring- on the board, and in other 
district offices, except that of modera- 
tor, until the next anniTal meeting of 
the district. In case of vacancy of 
the entire membership of the board, 
or the remaining members are unable 
to ag-ree upon an appointment, the 
selectmen, upon application of one or 
more voters in the district, shall fill 
the vacancies so existing until the 
next annual meeting of the district. 

At its annual meeting each school 
district shall determine and appoint 
the salaries of its school board and 
truant officer or officers, and the dis- 



, MEETIW^GS AIs^D OFFICERS. 35 

trict clerk shall certify the same to 
the selectmen. 

Compensa- The selectmen shall annually assess 22, laws 1909. 

board. upon the polls and ratable estate of 

the district a sum equal to amounts 
determined by the district as pre- 
scribed in section 1 and shall pay over i 
the same to the district treasurer. 

The district treasurer shall pay to 
the school board the salaries afore- 
said and he shall likewise pay the 
truant officer upon the order of the 
school board, they certifying- that he 
has performed the duties required of 
him by law. 

[Salaries of school boards cannot legally be 
paid out of school money.] 

Town clerks Every town clerk, within thirty P. S. 43:3. 
superintend- days after the annual meeting-, shall 

ent of public i^gport to state officers the names and 

instruction ^ 

names of lo- postoffice addresses of town officers as 

cal school n ■,, X XX. J. X 

tioard. follows: ... to the state super- 

intendent of public instruction, those 
of the local school board. 
Any tov\rn clerk who neglects to make 
reports as required by this section 
shall be subject to pay a fine of 
twenty dollars for each failure, one- 
half for the use of the department to 
which he fails to report, and the 
other half for the use of the town. 



36 



SCHOOL LAWS. 
VI. 



SCHOOL BOAKDS, TEACHERS AND TRUANT 
OFFICERS POWERS AND DUTIES. 



Provision of The school board of every district P. S. 92:1. 
I ' shall provide schools at such places 

v^ithin the district and at such times 
in each year as will best subserve the 
interests of education, and ^vill give 
to all scholars of the district as 

Conveyance of jjgarly equal advantages as may be 
practicable. They may use a portion 
of the school money, not exceeding 
twenty-five per cent, for the purpose 
of conveying scholars to and from the 
schools. 



Hiring of 
teachers. 



Repairs. 



Dismissal of 
teachers. 



[The district is empowered to raise money 
to buy wagons.] 

The school board shall select and p g 92:2, as 
hire suitable and competent teachers, amended by 
shall provide necessary fuel, and shall 1895, and 
make such occasional repairs of the 19 n^ ' ^^^ 
schoolhouses and furniture as may be 
necessary, not exceeding in cost five 
per cent of the school money. 

They may dismiss any teacher p, g 92:3, as 

found by them to be immoral or in-^™®,^'^®^,^^,^ 
"^ 59, laws 1905. 

competent or who shall not conform 
to regulations prescribed ; provided, 
however, that no teacher shall be so 
dismissed before the expiration of the 
period for which said teacher was en- 
gaged without having previously been 
notified of the cause of such dis- 



SCHOOL BOAEDS^ ETC. 



37 



Teacher's 
right to 
hearing. 



Power of 
board to pre- 
scribe regu- 
lations. 



Studies to be 
prescribed. 



missal, and provided further that no 
teacher shall be so dismissed ^vithollt 
having- previously been g-ranted a full 
and fair hearing-. 

The district shall be liable in the P. S. 92:4, as 
action of contract to any teacher dis'-59. laws 1905. 
missed in violation of the provisions 
of the preceding" section to the extent 
of the full salary for the period for 
v^hich such teacher was eng-ag-ed. 

The school board may prescribe 
reg-ulations for the attendance upon, 
and for the manag-ement, studies, 
classification, and discipline of the 
schools ; and such regulations, vs^hen 
recorded by the district clerk, and a 
copy thereof has been given to the 
teachers and read in the schools, shall 
be binding- upon scholars and teachers. 

They shall prescribe in all mixed p. g. 92:6, as 

schools and in all g-raded schools ^^^^^^<^ ^^ 

above primary, the studies of physi-1895; 31, 
^ T -L • 1 . • 1 J! laws 1903; 

olog-y and hyg-iene, having- special ref-49 jaws 

erence to the effects of alcoholic stim- ^^2^- ^^^ 

136, laws 
ulants and narcotics upon the human 1911. 

system, and shall see that the studies 
so prescribed are thoroughly taug-ht 
in said schools and that v\^ell approved 
text-books upon these subjects are 
furnished to teachers and scholars, 
and shall see that a well prescribed 
reading" course dealing with the prin- 
ciple of the humane treatment of the 
lower animals shall be included in the 
ordinary instruction in reading or 



88 SCHOOL LAWS. 

otherwise, and that the constitution 
of the United States and of the state 
of New Hampshire be read aloud by 
the scholars at least once during the 
last year of the course below the high 
school, and niiay permit or prescribe 
the study of algebra, geometry, sur- 
veying, bookkeeping, philosophy, 
chemistry, and natural history, or any 
of them, and other suitable studies. 

If any member of the school board 40:7, 1895. 
shall neglect or refuse to comply with 
the provisions of section 6, he shall 
forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars. 
Free text- They shall purchase, at the expense 

°° ^' of the city or town in which the dis- amended by 

trict is situated, text-books and other ^^^ 
supplies required for use in the public 
schools ; and shall loan the same to 
the pupils of such schools free of 
charge, subject to such regulations 
for their care and custody as the 
school board may prescribe. They 
shall make provision for the sale of 
such books at cost to pupils of the 
school wishing to purchase them for 
their own use. 

[Textbooks and supplies cannot legally be 
paid for out of school money. They are stat- 
utory requirements and the selectmen must 
assess enough, in addition to money required 
by law and otherwise voted by the district, 
to cover the requirements of the scholars. It 
is the duty of the school board to purchase 
text-books and supplies, approve the bills and 
send the same to the district treasurer to be 
paid out of the money assessed by the select- 
men for that purpose. If no money has been 
assessed, the district is liable to a suit at law 
by the party selling the books or supplies.] 



SCHOOL BOAEDS^ ETC. 



39 



They shall They shall purchase at the expense P. S. 92:8, 

purchase and j. .-, ., , • x.- -u ^-u t amended by 

display U. S. of the city or town m which the dis-50, laws 189 



flag. 



Further in- 
struction in 
rural schools. 



trict is situated, a United States flag^^d^sg, laws 
of bunting not less than five feet in 
length with a flagstaff and appliances 
for displaying the same, for every 
schoolhouse in the district in which a 
public school is taught not otherwise 
supplied. They shall prescribe rules 
and reg'ulations for the proper cus- 
tody, care and display of the flag; 
and whenever not otherwise dis- 
played, it shall be placed conspicu- 
ously in the principal room of the 
schoolhouse. Any members of a 
school board who shall refuse or neg- 
lect to comply with the provisions of 
this section shall be fined ten dollars 
for the first offense and twenty dol- 
lars for every subsequent offense. 

Not more than ten dollars shall be 
expended for the flag, flagstaff, and 
appliances for any one schoolhouse, 
and the school board shall have the 
same control over its preservation 
and disjjlay that it has over the other 
district property. 

[See remarks on text-books and supplies. 
The same ruling applies. 1 

It shall be the duty of school 
boards in districts in which there is 
no high school to provide for the fur- 
ther instruction of pupils for a period 
not exceeding two school years for 
those who have completed the course 24:1. 1917. 
of study prescribed for the element- 
ary schools whenever such pupils or 



40 SCHOOL LAWS. 

their parents or g-uardians desire 
such instruction ; iwovided, hotvever, 
that nothing- in this act shall be so 
construed as to prevent children 
whose parents or g-uardians reside in 
such districts from enjoying- all the 
privileges of attendance at high 
schools or academies in other dis- 
tricts as provided by chapter 96 of 
the session Laws of 1901 and amend- 
ments thereto. 

Nothing- in this act shall be so con- 24:2, 1917. 
strued as to vitiate the power of a 
school board to dismiss a pupil from 
school for gross misconduct, or for 
neglect or refusal to conform to the 
rules of the school. 

All acts and parts of acts incon-24:3, 1917. 
sistent with this act are hereby re- 
pealed, and this act shall take effect 
upon its passag-e. 

Certain books No book shall be introduced into P. S. 92:9, as 
shall not be ,^ ^ ^. ^ , ^ ■,--,. <• amended by- 

Used, the public schools calculated to favor 50. laws 1895. 

any particular religious sect or politi- 
cal party. 
Registers to They shall furnish to every teacher p. s. 92:10. 
nished! ^^^ ^^ ^^^ blank reg-isters provided by 

the superintendent of public instruc- 
tion, and shall visit and examine each 
school in their district at least twice 
in each term, once near the beg-in- 
ning- and once near the close thereof. 
fndTertifica- '^^ superintendent of public in- 49:1, laws 
tion of teach- struction shall cause to be held, at 
intendenT^of such convenient times and place® as 
public instruc- j^^ may from time to time desig-nate, 



SCHOOL BOAEDS^ ETC. 4:1 

public examinations of candidates for 
the position of teacher in the public 
schools of the state. Such examina- 
tions shall test the professional as 
well as the scholastic abilities o-f can- 
didates, and shall be conducted by 
such persons and in such manner as 
the superintendent of public instruc- 
tion may from time to time desig- 
nate. Due notice of the time, place, 
and other conditions of the examina- 
tions shall be given in such public 
manner as the superintendent of pub- 
lic instruction may determine. 

[NOTE — The superintendent of public in- 
struction is charged with various other du- 
ties and powers, which are referred to in the 
proper connection, as for instance approval of 
high schools and academies and enforcement 
of child labor laws.] 

A certificate of qualifications shall 49:2, laws 
be given to all candidates who pass 
satisfactory examinations in such 
branches as are required by law to 
be tauffht, and who in other respects 
fulfill the requirements of the super- 
intendent ; such certificate shall be 
either probationary, or permanent, 
and shall indicate the grade of school 
for which the person named in the 
certificate is qualified to teach. 

The superintendent of public in- Laws of 1911. 
struction may issue, without the re- 
quirement of examination provided 
herein, a certificate of qualifications 
to any person who has served as a 



42 SCHOOL LAWS. 

teacher in the public schools of the 
state for a term, of three school years 
when, in his judg-ment, the educa- 
tional interests of the state will be 
served by such action. 

A list of approved candidates shall 49:3^ laws 
be kept in the office of the depart- ^895. 
ment of public instruction and copies 
of the same, with such information as 
may be desired, shall be sent to 
school committees upon their request. 

A sum not exceeding three hundred 49:5, laws 
dollars may be annually expended 
from the income of institute fund for 
the necessary and contingent ex- 
penses of carrjdng out the provisions 
of this act. 
Superinten- The state superintendent of public p g 93:15, 

itfruftion'to' instruction shall have authority to |«^;-|^4^d b^ 

have same enforce the laws relatino- to attend- 1901. 

powers as tru- ° 

ant officers. ance at school and the employment 

of minors, and, for this purpose, he 
and any deputy appointed by him 
shall be vested with the powers given 
by law to truant officers when au- 
thorized by school boards to enforce 
the laws relating to attendance at 
school and the employment of chil- 
dren. And the expenses necessarily 
incurred by the state superintendent 
in such enforcement shall be paid as 
audited and allowed by the governor 
and council. 

Teachers shall Every teacher shall make the en- -p o 00. n 
keep registers.^ . / ^^ . ^ • j r, ^r, 

tries m the register required by the 



SCHOOL BOAEDS^ ETC. 43 

superintendent of public instruction, 
and at the close of the term shall re- 
turn the register to the school board. 
Twenty dollars of the wages of every 
teacher shall be withheld until he has 
made such return. 

The fiscal year of town and special 122:1, 1917. 
school districts beginning February 
16, 1917, shall end August 31, 1918, 
and thereafter the fiscal and the 
scholastic year shall end August 31, 
annually. 

At its annual meeting holden in ac- 122:2, 1917. 
cordance with the provisions of sec- 
tion 1, chapter 90, of the Public Stat- 
utes, such school districts shall raise 
and appropriate money for the sup- 
port of schools to be expended during 
the fiscal year beginning September 
1, next su(iceeding. 

The selectmen shall pay over to 122:3, 1917. 
the district treasurer, annually, on or 
before October 1, and monthly there- 
after, such sums as the school board 
shall require for the maintenance of 
the schools. 

Reports to be School boards shall on or before the P. S. 92:13, 

made to super- ^«,^^^,, -,„„ ^j! o^ a-^-^x.^-^ -^ ^„„t as amended by 

intendent of fifteenth day of September m each -^^ j^^^^ ^gg^^ 

public instruc- year, send to the superintendent of 5, laws 1903, 
tion. ,,..... : ^ .-, . and 122, 

public instruction copies of their an- 1917. 

nual reports and answers to the 

questions proposed by him, relating 

to the schools in their district ; the 

school year shall begin with the fall 

term. 



44 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Penalty for 
refusal or 
neglect. 



Penalty for 
neglect of 
duty. 



Medical 
Inspection 
article in 
warrant. 



Boards to ap- 
point truant 
officers. 



District shall 
determine sal- 
aries of offi- 
cers. 



Any member of a school board who P. S. 92.14. 
shall neglect or refuse to comply with 
the provisions of the preceding- sec- 
tion shall be fined not exceeding fifty 
dollars. 

If any public officer wilfully neg-p. s. 255:14. 
lects any duty of his office, and no 
penalty is prescribed by statute for 
such neglect, he shall forfeit a sum 
not exceeding thirty dollars. 

The school board of every city, 114:1, 1917. 
union, special or town school district, 
shall hereafter cause to be inserted in 
the warrant for the annual meeting 
of said district an article relating to 
the adoption of the provisions of 
chapter 83 of the Laws of 1913, pro- 
viding for the medical inspection of 
schools, unless said district has al- 
ready adopted the provisions of said 
chapter. 

School boards shall appoint truant p g 92:15, 

officers for their districts. ^^ amended by 

70, laws 1899. 
Truant officers shall hold office forp g 92:16. 

one year, and until their successors 
shall be appointed, but they may be 
removed by the school board at an;y 
time for cause. 

At its annual meeting each school 22:1, laws 
district shall determine and appoint ■'^^^^• 
the salaries of its school board and 
truant officer or officers, and the dis- 
trict clerk shall certify the same to 
the selectmen. 



SCHOOL BOARDS^ ETC. 



45 



Selectmen Tlie selectmen shall annually assess 22:2, laws 

shall assess. , , ,, t j. t n j. x ^ 1909. 

upon the polls and ratable estate of 

the district a sum equal to the 

amounts determined by the district as 

prescribed in section 1 and shall pay 

over the same to the district treas- 



The district treasurer shall pay to 22:3, laws 
the school board the salaries aforesaid 1909. 
and he shall likewise pay the truant 
officer upon the order of the school 
board, they certifying" that he has 
performed the duties required of him 
by lav^. 

[Truant officers cannot legally be paid out 
of school money.] 

Duties of Truant officers shall, under the di-P. S. 92:17, 

truant officers. ^,^^^^0^^ of ^^^^ g^j^^ol ^^^^^^ enforce fo,^Tws'^l 8 9^9^ 
the laws and regnilations relating to 
truants and children between the ages 
of eig"lit and sixteen years not attend- 
ing school, and without any regular 
and lawful occupation ; and the laws 
relating to the attendance at school 
of children between the ages of eight 
and sixteen years. 

Truant officers shall have authority 
without a warrant to take and place 
in school any children found em- 
ployed contrary to the laws relating 
to the employment of children or vio- 
lating the laws relating to the com- 
pulsory attendance at school of chil- 
dren between the ages of six and six- 
teen years. 



46 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



School day 
and week. 



Emimeration 
of children. 



Teachers may 
attend insti- 
tutes. 



Patriotic 
cises. 



In the absence of express contract, P. S. 92.20. 
a session of three hours in the fore- 
noon and three hours in the afternoon 
shall constitute a school day, five such 
days a school week, and four such 
weeks a school month, in the public 
schools. 

Truant officers or ag-ents appointed 46, laws 1895, 
by school boards of cities and towns |iXws*^l9a5^ 
shall annually, in the month of Sep- 
tember, make an enumeration of the 
children of each sex, between the 
ag-es of five and sixteen years, in their 
town or city, giving" such items in re- 
g-ard to each child as may be re- 
quired by the school board or the 
sijate superintendent of public instruc- 
tion, and shall make a report to the 
school board thereof within fifteen 
days after the completion. 

Section 14, chapter 43, Public Stat- 46: 2, laws 
utes, and any other acts inconsistent 
Mdth this act are hereby repealed. 

Teachers of public schools may at- P. S. 92:21, 
tend teachers' institutes held within H^^j^^^ i903^ 
the state, as provided by law, not ex- and 28, 
ceeding- one day in any term, and the 
time so spent shall be regarded as 
spent in the service of the district. 

In all the public schools of the state ^4 
one session during the week in which 
Memorial Day falls, or a portion 
thereof, shall be devoted to exercises 
of a patriotic nature. 



laws 



laws 1897. 



SCHOOL BOARDS^ ETC, 



Holidays. 



Boards to 
superintend 
evening 
schools. 



Employment 
bureau for 
teachers. 



Thanksgiving- Day and Fast Day, 11, laws 1899. 

1 • X J X 1 -Tk XT. as amended by 

whenever appointed, Labor Day, the 7, laws 1907, 

twenty-second day of February, "the JJJ^gp^'2^^j^^^g 

thirtieth day of May, the fourth of 1913'. 

July, the first day of January, the 

twelfth day of October, and Christmas 

day shall be legal holidays, and when 

either of the last six days mentioned 

occurs on Sunday, the following day 

shall be observed as a holiday. 

The school board of such cities and 112 :2 laws 

towns shall have the same superin--*^^-*^* 

tendence over such evening schools as 

they have over other schools, and may 

determine the term or terms of time 

in each year and the hours of the 

evening during which sxich schools 

shall be kept, and may make such 

regulations as to attendance at such 

schools as they may deem expedient. 

Nothing contained in this act shall 112:3, laws 
. .-■ . 1901. 

exempt any person from the require- 
ments of chapter 93 of the Public 
Statutes. 

Any person may file in the office of 156^1, laws of 
the superintendent of public instruc- 
tion an application for the position of 
teacher in the public schools of the 
state, and, when accompanied by a 
fee of two dollars together with such 
evidence of character, qualifications, 
education, and experience as the su- 
perintendent shall require, the said 
application shall be registered and the 
said person shall be entitled to the 



1915. 



48 SCHOOL LAWS. 

benefits of this act, provided, lioivever, 
that such person shall furnish the 
said superintendent from time to time 
such material information as he shall 
require, and failure to do so for the 
period of one year shall operate as a 
cancellation of reg-istration. 

Any properly authorized officer or 156:2, laws 
board in the state may apply to the 1915. 
superintendent of public instruction 
for information concerning teachers 
registered as provided in section 1, 
and upon request of such officer or 
board, the superintendent snail rec- 
ommend teachers for employment as 
they shall appear to be fit and qual- 
ified. 

The costs of carrying out the P^o-j^^g.g ^^ 
visions of this act shall be paid from-J9l5. ' 
the fees collected as provided in sec- 
tion 1 and any balance remaining at 
the end of the fiscal year shall be held 
to defray expenses incurred in siibse- 
quent years. The superintendent of 
public instruction shall report an- 
nually to the governor the receipts 
and expenditures under the provisions 
of this act and shall be held account- 
able therefor. 

It shall be unlawful for a superin- ^ , ^ 

tendent of schools in any city or town, 1915. 
or in any district composed of two or 
more towns, to accept any commis- 
sion fee, compensation or reward of 
any kind for obtaining a position as 



SUPEEVISIOIf. 



49 



teacher in the public schools for any 
person. 

Any violation of this act shall be I56j5, laws of 
punished by fine of not less than fifty 
nor more than five hundred dollars. 



1915. 



VII. 



Districts may- 
require board 
to appoint su 
perintendent. 



Two or more 
towns or spe- 
cial districts 
may jointly 
employ super- 
intendent. 



SUPERVISION. 

A school district may require the p. g. 90:24. 
school board to elect or appoint a su- 1| ^JJ^/^g Jg" 
perintendent of schoolsi, who shall 
hold office for such term, be vested 
w^ith such of the povs^ers and charg^ed 
with such of the duties of the school 
board, and be entitled to such com- 
pensation as it may provide ; and such 
district may raise and appropriate 
money to pay the compensation. 

Two or more tovms or special dis-^^.^^ ^^^^ 
tricts may, by vote of each, form a 1895. 
district for the purpose of employing 
a superintendent of the public schools 
therein, who shall perform in each 
town the duties prescribed by law and 
the regnlations of the school boards. 

Such superintendent shall be ap-47:2, laws 
pointed by a joint committee com- 
posed of the school board^of each of 
the towns of said district, who shall 
determine the relative amount of serv- 
ice to be performed by him in each 
town, and shall fix his salary and 
apportion the amount thereof to be 
paid by the several towns, and certify 
such amount to the treasurer of each 



50 SCHOOL LAWS. 

town. Said joint committee shall for 
said purposes, be lield to be the agents 
of each town composing snch district. 
Two or more Two or more towns or special dis-77:i, laws 
ciXdistricS^^^i^*®' o^ ^^^^^ school boards when 1899'. 
may form su- dnly authorized by their respective 
SsSct!^ districts, may, by vote of each, form a 

supervisory district for the purpose 
of employing a superintendent of the 
public schools therein, who shall per- 
form in each tow^n the duties pre- 
scribed by law and by the regulations 
of the school boards, giving thereto 
his entire time. 

Joint super- The school boards of the several 77: 2, laws 
visory commit- -,•,•, n • .^ • -,• 1899. 

tgg ' districts forming the supervisory dis- 

trict shall constitute a joint commit- 
tee, which for all purposes of this act 
shall be the agent of each district 
therein represented. Said committee 
shall meet between April 1 and 
August 1 of each year, as may be 
agreed upon by the chairman of the 
several boards, and organize by the 
choice of a chairman, a secretary, and 
a treasurer. It shall elect a superin- 
tendent for such supervisory district, 
determine the character and value of 
his services, and apportion the same 
among the several districts, certifying 
such apportionment to their respec- 
tive treasurers. 
State will pay Any town or special district which 77:3, laws 
rsuferii'^^sl^^n unite with one or more districts ^^^f.'de'd by 
tendent. to form a supervisory district, which 18, laws 1901. 



SUPERVISION". 



51 



Size of dis* 
tricts. ■ 



Withdrawal 
from 

supervisory 
district. 



shall employ as superintendent, at an 
annual salary, a person holding a per- 
manent state teachers' certificate, and 
shall certify through its chairnaan 
and secretary such facts to the state 
treasurer, shall be entitled to one-half 
its apportioned share of said salary, 
said sum to be paid by him in Decem- 
ber of each year to the town treasurer 
of each town in said supervisory dis- 
trict, upon sworn statement of the 
state superintendent of public instruc- 
tion certifying as to what amount 
each town is entitled. This section 
shall not apply to cities. 

[The town's portion of the superintendent's 
salary may be paid out of the school money.] 

Supervisory districts of less than 77:4, laws 

1899, as 



tliree towns formed under this act 



amended by 



shall employ not fewer than twenty ^1^» ^^^^ 
nor more than sixty teachers. 

Any tovm or special district which gi^ ]aws 
has united, or may hereafter unite, J-9'01- 
w^ith any other town or tow^ns, dis- 
trict or districts, to form a super- 
visory district, as provided by chapter 
77 of the Laws of 1899, may, at any 
annual school district meeting, by 
vote, rescind such action, and there- 
upon shall, at the end, of the school 
year or at the expiration of the period 
for -which such supervisory district 
may then already have contracted for 
the services of a superintendent, cease 
to be a part of such supervisory dis- 
trict. 



52 SCHOOL LAWS. 

VIII. 

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 

Appointment. There shall be a STiperintendeiit of 149:1, laws 

1913 
public instruction who shall have gen- 
eral supervision and control of the 
educational interests of the state and 
who shall be appointed and may be 
removed by the governor, with the ad- 
vice Off the council. He shall be paid 
such salary as the governor and coun- 
cil may determine, not exceeding four 
thousand dollars annually. 

The superintendent of public in- 149 : 2, laws 
struction may on or before the fif--'-^-'^^- 
teenth day of July, 1913, appoint three 
deputies, at least one of whom shall 
be a woman. Each deputy shall be 
paid such salary as the governor and 
council shall determine, not exceeding 
twenty-five hundred dollars annually 
and necessary traveling expenses. 

The deputies aforesaid shall be 149:3, laws 
under the direction of the superin-^^-*^^- 
tendent of public instruction and 
shall assist school boards and super- 
intendents in the introduction and de- 
velopment of courses in agriculture 
and the domestic and mechanic arts 
and other vocational branches, in the 
improvement of school buildings and 
equipment, the transportation of pu- 
pils, and other matters relating to the 
promotion of popular education in the 
state. 



SUPERIISTTEI^DENT OF IS^STEUCTIOKT. 53 

Duties. The superintendent of public in- P. S. 94:2, as 

struction shall prescribe the form of g^^j^aws 1895, 
register to be kept in the schools, and fq^o^^' ^^^^^ 
the form of blanks and inquiries for 
the returns to be made by the school 
boards, and shall seasonably send the 
same to the clerks of the several 
toiv^ns and cities for the use of the 
school boards therein ; he shall receive, 
preserve, or distribute all state docu- 
mentsi in regard to public schools or 
education, and shall receive and ar- 
range in his office reports and returns 
of school boards ; he shall investigate 
the condition and efficiency of the 
system and popular education in the 
state, especially in relation to the 
amount and character of the instruc- 
tion given to the study of physiology 
and hygiene, having special reference 
to the effects of alcoholic stimulants 
and of narcotics upon the human sys- 
tem, and shall recommend to school 
boards what he considers the best • ■**> 

text-books upon those subjects and 
suggest to them the best mode of 
teaching them, and shall pursue such 
a course for the purpose of awaken- 
ing and guiding public sentiment in 
relation thereto as may seem to him 
best, and he shall biennially make 
a report containing a concise ab- 
stract of the returns of the school 
boards, a detailed report of his own 
doings, a statement of the condition 



54 SCHOOL LAWS. 

and progress of popular education in 
the state, and such suggestions and 
recommendations in regard to im- 
proving the same as his information 
and judgment may dictate. He shall 
have authority at the close of each 
biennial session of the legislature to 
compile and issue at the expense of 
the state an edition of the school laws 
with the session amendments, not ex- 
ceeding two thousand copies. 

He shall visit and lecture upon edu-p. s. 94:3. 
cational subjects in as many towns 
and cities of the state during the 
term of his office as the time occupied 
by his other official duties will per- 
mit. 

Institutes. He shall organize, superintend, and P. S. 94:4. 

hold at least one teachers' institute 
each year in each county of the state, 
and appoint the time and place, and 
make suitable arrangements therefor. 

In case he is unable for any cause p g q^.^ 
to conduct in person any institute, or 
to make the necessary arrangements 
therefor, he shall appoint the prin- 
cipal of the state normal school, or 
. some other suitable person for that 
purpose. 

Institute fund. The state treasurer is authorized p^ g, 94:6. 
and instructed to invest, as a perma- 
nent institute fund, the proceeds of 
the sale of the state lands effected 
under the authority of a joint resolu- 
tion approved June 28, 1867, and the 



SUPEEINTENDEI^'T OF INSTRUCTION. 55 

annual income thereof is set apart for 
the support of teachers' institutes. 

The superintendent of public in-p g g^.^ 
struction may draw upon the state 
treasurer each year for such part of 
said income as may be required to de- 
fray the necessary expenses of the in- 
stitutes, and for procuring suitable 
instruction and lectures for the same. 
Expenses of His account for the expenses of P. S. 94:8. 

the institutes shall be audited each 
year by the governor and council, and 
he shall incorporate in his annual 
[biennial] report a report of the in- 
stitutes and of the expenses of the 
same. 

Copy of re- He shall forward to the chairman p. s. 94:9. 

ports to be 

sent to school of every school board m the state a 

boards. copy of each of his annual reports. 

The state of New Hampshire hereby 
accepts the provisions of the act of 
Congress, approved February 2S, 1917, 
entitled, "An Act providing for the 226:1, 1917. 
promotion of vocational education ; 
to provide for the cooperation of the 
states in the promotion of such educa- 
tion in agriculture and the trades and 
industries ; to provide for cooperation 
with the states in the preparation of 
teachers of vocational subjects ; and 
to appropriate money and regulate its 
expenditure." The good faith of the 
state is hereby pledged to make avail- 
able for the several purposes of said 
act funds sufficient at least to equal 
the sums alloted, from time to time, 



66 SCHOOL LAWS. 

to this state from the appropriations 
made by said act and to meet all con- 
ditions necessarj^ to entitle the state 
to the benefits of said act. 

The state treasurer is hereby desig- 226:2, 1917. 
nated custodian of all funds alloted to 
this state from the apprbpriations 
made by said act, and he shall receive 
and provide for the proper custody 
and dis;bursement of the same in ac- 
cordance with said act. 

There is hereby created a state 226:3, 1917. 
board for vocational education con- 
sisting of five members, consisting- of 
the governor, the superintendent of 
public instruction and the president 
of 'New Hampshire College of Agricul- 
ture and the Mechanic Arts members 
ex officiis, and two others to be ap- 
pointed bj^ the governor, with the con- 
sent of the council, one representing 
the agricultural and one the indus- 
trial interests of the state. One 
member shall be appointed for two 
years and one for four years ; and 
thereafter one member shall be ap- 
pointed every two years for a term 
of four years to serve until his suc- 
cessor is appointed and qualified. In 
case of a vacancy an appointment 
may be made to fill out the unexpired 
term. No member of the board shall 
receive pay beyond actual expenses 
incurred. Tlie superintendent of pub- 
lic instruction shall be the executive 
officer and secretary of the board. 



SCHOOLHOUSES AND GROUNDS. 



57 



The said board is hereby autnorized 226:4, 1917. 
and einpo"wered to carry into effect 
the provisions of the said federal 
act. 

The said board is hereby authorized 226:5, 1917. 
ized to arrange with institutions and 
with schoolboards of town and city 
districts situated within the state to 
furnish the necessary building-s, equip- 
ment and additional funds required 
in carrying out the provisions of the 
act of congress providing for voca- 
tional education so far as this act 
applies to New Hampshire, and said 
school districts are hereby authorized 
to enter into such arrangement with 
said board. 

This act shall take effect September 226:6, 1917. 
1, 1917. 

IX. 



Grievance on 
account of 
location. 



SCHOOLHOUSES AND GROUNDS. 

The district may decide upon the p. s. 91:1. 
location of its schoolhouses, by vote 
or by a committee appointed for the 
purpose. 

No committee shall have power to p g 9^.2 
bind the district beyond the amount 
of money voted by it, and the district 
shall not be bound by any act, as a 
ratification of the doings of such com- 
mittee, beyond their authority, unless 
by express vote of the district. 

If ten or more voters of a district p. s. 91:3. 
are aggrieved by the location of a 



58 



SCHOOI. LAWS. 



School board 

may 

wlien 



schoolhouse by the district or its com- 
mittee, they m,ay apply by petition to 
the school board, who shall hear the 
parties interested and determine the 
location. 

If the district does not agree uponp 



S. 91:4. 



Appeal. 



wSen.^°^^*^~ a location for a schoolhouse or upon 
a committee to locate the same, or if 
the same is not located by such com- 
mittee "within thirty days after its ap- 
pointment, the school board, upon pe- 
tition of ten or more voters, shall de- 
termine the location. 

If ten or more voters of a school P. S. 91:5. 
district are aggrieved by the location 
of a schoolhouse by the district or its 
committee, or by the school board, 
they may apply by petition to the 
county commissioners within ten days 
after the making of the location, who 
shall hear the parties interested and 
determine the location. 

The chairman of the county com- p. g. 91:6, 
misisioners shall appoint a time and 
place within the district for a hearing 
upon every such petition ; and shall 
give notice thereof by causing at- 
tested copies of the petition and order 
of notice to be posted at two or more 
public places within the district and 
to be given in hand to, or left at the 
abode of, the clerk of the district and 
of one of the school board, fourteen 
days before the day of hearing. 

In such cases, vacancies in the p. s. 91:7. 



Hearing on 
appeal. 



SCHOOLHOUSES Ais^D geou:n^ds. 59 

board of coininissioiiers arising from 
disqualification of members or otlier- 
wise shall be filled in the same man- 
ner as like vacancies are filled in high- 
way cases referred to them. 

The hearing shall be closed within p. g. 91:8. 
sixty days. The commissioners shall 
hear all parties interested who desire 
to be heard, and shall make their 
decision in writing and file it with the 
clerk of the district. 

The district shall take no steps to P. S. 91:9. 
carry into effect a former location 
while any subsequent proceedings au- 
thorized by law for a change thereof 
are pending. 
Compensation The commissioners shall be paid byp, g 9i:io. 
sfoner"^.""'^' ^^^ district for their services the 
same fees as in highway cases. Dis- 
tricts are authorized to raise money 
for that purpose. 
Term of The location of schoolhouses, how-p, s. 91:11. 

location. ever made, shall be conclusive for the 

term of five years, unless an appeal 
therefrom shall be prosecuted as pro- 
vided in this chapter. 
Enlargement The school board or county commis- p. S. 91:12. 
of^ schoolhouse sioners may enlarge any existing 
schoolhouse lot so that it shall con- 
tain not exceeding one acre, upon 
such petition to them and proceedings 
thereon as are required to authorize 
them to determine the location for a 
schoolhouse. 
Appraisal for If any school district shall neglect P. S. 91:13. 
land damages. «. ^-uix.l-, 

or refuse to procure the lot of land 



60 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Appeal from 
appraisal. 



Possession. 



selected for the location of a school- 
house or for the enlargement of an 
existing schoolhouse lot, as provided 
in this chapter, or if the owner of the 
land shall refuse to sell the same to 
the district for a reasonable price, 
the selectmen, upon petition to them 
by the school board, or by three or 
more voters of the district, shall ap- 
praise the damages occasioned to the 
land owner by the taking of his land. 
The appraisal shall be made in writ- 
ing, and be filed with the clerk of the 
district. 

Any land owner agg'rieved by such p. s, 91:14. 
appraisal of his damag^es may appeal 
therefrom to the supreme court by pe- 
tition within sixty days after tne ap- 
praisal is filed with the clerk of the 
district ; and the procedure and rem- 
edies upon such appeal shall be the 
same as in appeals from the assess- 
ment of damages by selectmen in 
highway cases, except that service of ^ 

papers shall be made upon the clerk 
of the district and one of the school 
board, instead of the town clerk and 
one of the selectmen, and except as 
provided in the following section. 

Upon payment or tender of the p g 91-15 
damages awarded, the land shall vest 
in the district, and it may take pos- 
session of it. Such payment or ten- 
der may be made in accordance vs^ith 
the award of the selectmen before an 



SCHOOLHOUSES AW^D GEOUNDS 



6i 



Selectmen 
may build, re 
move, etc. — 
when. 



Schools shall 
be kept — 
where. 



Use of school- 
houses for 
other pur- 
poses. 



appeal is taken, or while an appeal is 
pending, aad shall have like effect. In 
such case, if the danaagies are in- 
creased upon appeal the land owner 
shall have judg-ment for the excess ; if 
decreased, the district shall have 
judgment for the amount of the de- 
crease. If the result of the appeal is 
to change the award of damages in 
favor of the land owner, he shall re- 
cover costs; otherwise, he shall pay 
costs. 

If a district shall refuse or neglect p g 91 -le 
to build, repair, remove, or fit up a 
schoolhouse, or shall refuse or neglect 
to build a schoolhouse upon or to re- 
move it to the lot designated as afore- 
said, the selectmen, upon petition of 
three or more voters of the district, 
after hearing the parties, may assess 
upon the district and collect such 
sums of money as may be necessary, 
and therewith cause such schoolhouse 
to be built, removed, repaired, or 
fitted up. 

The schools of a district shall be p. s. 91:17. 
kept in its schoolhouses, if it has 
suitable houses that will accommo- 
date the scholars ; if not, the school 
board shall provide suitable accom- 
modations for the schools at the ex- 
pense of the district. 

A school district or a school board p. s. 91:18. 
thereof may grant the use of any 
schoolhouse in the district for a writ- 



62 SCHOOL LAWS. 

ing or singing school, and for re- 
ligious and other meetings, whenever 
such use will not conjlict with any- 
regular school exercise. The person 
so using a schoolhouse shall be liable 
for any damages to the same and to 
the property therein. 
Selection and The school board of cities shall 65 :1, laws 
lote^^n^ citfes ^^^® ^^^^ power to select and purchase 
land for schoolhouse lots. When said 
board has secured, by vote of the city 
councils, an adequate appropriation 
for the purchase of a specified lot at 
a specific price, then said board may 
make the purchase. 
Building, etc., No schoolhouse shall be erected, al- 65:2, laws 
m 01 les. tered, remodeled, or changed in any 

city school district, unless the plans 
thereof have been previously sub- 
mitted to the school board of that 
district and received its approval, and 
all new schoolhouses shall be con- 
structed under the direction of a joint 
special committee, chosen in equal 
numbers by the city councils and the 
school board. 

Upon the completion of a new 65.3 j^ws 
schoolhouse, the city councils shall, 1897. 
by vote, transfer it to the care and 
control of the school board. When- 
ever a schoolhouse shall no longer be 
needed for public school purposes, the 
school board shall retransfer its care 
and control to the city. 

The provisions of the three pre- 65:4, laws 
ceding sections shall not apply to the i^^7. 



SCHOOLHOUSES AT^TD GROUNDS. 63 

Union School District of Concord, or 
to the Union School District in the 
city of Keene. 
Shade trees, Whenever any party, at a proper 44:1, laws 

®*^- time of the year, shall present to the •'^^^'''• 

selectmen of any town or ward, well- 
grown nursery trees of the nut, shade, 
or ornamental varieties, such select- 
men may set out said trees in 
the highways, cemeteries, commons, 
schoolhouse yards, and other public 
places, as indicated by the donor of 
said trees, and protect the same at 
the expense of the town. 

Nothing in this act shall be con- 44: 2, laws 
strued to compel any party to have ■'■^^ '• 
trees set in the highway on the side 
next his land without his consent. 

Doors to open ^^^ °^*^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^°0^« «* P^^" fO^^ 1^^^, 
outwards. sages leading outward, of churches i^^^- 

hereafter built or rebuilt, school- 
houses containing more than two 
schoolrooms, and halls and other 
buildings used for public gatherings, 
shall open outward ; and it shall be 
the duty of the selectmen of towns to 
see that these provisions are complied 
with, and to prosecute persons who 
neglect to do so. 
Fire escapes ^^ building three or more stories 123:1, laws 

on school- in height used or occupied above the 1915. 
houses. ° 

second story as a hotel, transient 

lodging house, schoolhouse, orphan 
asylum, theatre, hall for public as- 
sembly, factory, mill, or workshop, 



64 SCHOOL LAWS. 

and no building used in part for com- 
mercial purposes and occupied above 
the second story as a lodging- or 
boarding house, and no building used 
as an apartment or tenement house 
above the third story, shall be let, 
leased, or occupied for such purposes, 
except school dormitories which are 
othervs^ise provided with safe and ade- 
quate fire-escapes, unless provided 
with a steel or wrought-iron balcony 
and stairway fire-escape attached to 
the outer w^all in such manner and 
place as to render egress from said 
building easy and safe, and shall be 
subject to the approval as to location 
of the selectmen of towns or of such 
city officials as may be designated by 
the city governments for that pur- 
pose. If any such building be of a 
length greater than one hundred and 
fifty feet, it shall be provided with 
one additional such fire-escape for 
each additional one hundred and fifty 
feet or fractional part thereof. Every 
building in which laborers are em- 
ployed shall be provided with suf- 
ficient means of escape in case of fire 
by more than one exit, each of which 
shall be at all times free from ob- 
struction and ready for immediate 
use. Every door leading into any 
such building shall be so constructed 
as to open outward vs^hen practicable, 
and shall not be so locked, bolted, or 
fastened during vs^orking hours as to 



SCHOOLHOUSES AND GROUNDS. 65 

prevent free egress. This act shall 
not apply to buildings which contain 
an approved sprinkler system and 
stairv^ays enclosed vv^ith fireproof 
vs^alls, or other means of exit duly ap- 
proved in writing by the selectmen of 
towns or by such city officials as may 
be designated by city governments for 
that purpose. But it shall not be nec- 
essary to secure the approval of said 
officers for any such building as has 
been theretofore duly approved by of- 
ficials authorized at the time of such 
approval to grant the same. 

Such fire-escapes shall reach within 123:2, laws of 
eight feet of the ground, and the lo- ^^^^• 
cations of the exits thereto shall be 
designated by red lights during such 
hours of the night as the building is 
occupied for the purposes designated 
in section 1 of this act. 

If any person shall violate any of 3^23-3 laws of 
the provisions of this act, he shall be 1915. 
fined not exceeding five hundred dol- 
lars or be imprisoned not exceeding 
six months, or both, and it shall be 
the duty of said officers to enforce 
the provisions of this act. ' 

Chapter 137 of the Laws of 1907, 123 :4, laws of 
chapter 164 of the Laws of 1909, chap- ■'■^■'^^• 
ter 43 of the Laws of 1911, and chap- 
ter 215 of the Laws of 1913 are here- 
by repealed, and this act shall take 
effect upon its passage. , 

Barbed wire If any owner or occupant of landP S. ,143:31. 
schoolhou?el adjoining land occupied by a school 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Nuisance in 
vicinity of 
schoolhouse. 



Saloons and 
schoolhoTises. 



district for school purposes erects, 
keeps or mainrtains any barbed wire 
fence to separate or divide such lands, 
he shall be fined not exceeding twen- 
ty-five dollars. 

The selectmen or school board shall P. S. 143:32, 
prosecute at the expense of the town 
or district, as the case may be, any 
violation of the preceding section. 

If any person shall use or occupy p. s. 108:15 
building or place near a dwelling- 
house or schoolhouse, or in the com- 
pact part of a town, for a slaughter- 
house, a place of ^deposit of green 
pelts or skins, or for trying tallow^, 
currying leather, or carrying on any 
other business that is offensive to the 
public, without the written permis- 
sion of the health officers of the 
town, he shall forfeit ten dollars for 
each month such building or place 
shall be so used or occupied, to be 
recovered for the use of the town. 

No license shall be granted for the 95: 9, laws 
traffic in liquor in any building which ■'•^^* 
shall be on the same street or avenue 
within two hundred feet of a build- 
ing occupied exclusively as a church 
or schoolhouse, the measurements to 
be taken in a straight line from the 
center of the nearest entrance to the 
building used for such church or 
school, to the center of the nearest 
entrance to the place in which the 
traffic in liquor is desired to be car- 
ried on, or in any location where the 



.schoolhouses. 



SCHOOLHOUSES AND GEOUI^DS. 67 

traffic shall be deemed' by said board 
of license commissioners detrimental 
to the public welfare, provided, that 
this restriction shall not apply to 
hotels or drug* stores nsed as such on 
the first day of January, 1903. 
Sanitation of The state board of health shall 35:1, laws 

., , 1915. 

upon complaint of any responsible 
person, investigate the sanitary con- 
ditions of any schoolhouse or building 
used for school purposes. 

If they shall find that such school- 35:2, laws 
house or building is in any respect a ^^^S- 
menace, or likely to become a menace, 
to the health or bodily Avelfare of the 
pupils or teachers, they shall call the 
attention of the local board of health 
to the facts ; and if after a reason- 
able length of time the complaint has 
not been attended to in a satisfactory 
way, they shall either order such 
changes as w^ill in their judgment 
make the building safe and sanitary 
for school purposes, or condemn the 
same and forbid its further use. 

It shall be the duty of the school 35:3, laws 
board of the district forthwith to ^^^^• 
make the changes ordered, and the 
cost of the same shall be a charge 
upon the district. The selectmen 
shall assess the cost upon the polls 
and ratable estate of the district in 
addition to money voted by the dis- 
trict or required by law for the sup- 
port of schools. In anticipation of 
such assessment, the school board 



68 SCHOOL LAWS. 

may borrow money on the credit of 
the district ta meet the charges in- 
curred. 

All acts and parts of acts in conflict 35:4, laws 

1915 

with this act are hereby repealed, and 
this act shall take effect on its pas- 
sage. 

X. 

HIGH SCHOOLS. 
Districts may Any school district may, by vote or P- S. 89:9. 
schools^. ^ by-law, establish and maintain a high 
school in which the higher English 
branches of education and the Latin, 
Greek, and modern languages may be 
taught. 
Town nmst It shall be the duty of any town in 72, laws 

maintain. ^jiich there is a high school, estab- ^^^^• 

lished by vote of the town, to raise 
and appropriate each year sufficient 
money to properly maintain such 
school. 
Discontinn- No high school established by a 20, laws 

tch^olf ^"^""^ ^^*® ^^ ^ ^^^^ ®^^^^ ^® discontinued, l^^^- 
or the location thereof be changed, 
except by the superior court, on pe- 
tition of the school board of the tow^n 
district in which it is located, after 
such notice as the court may order, 
if it shall appear that the educational 
interests of the tow^n district require 
such discontinuance or change. 
Adjoining dis- "^^^ ^^ "^o^® adjoining districts in p. S. 89:10. 
tricts may the same or different towns may make 
for establish- contracts with each other for estab- 
Shoii!'''* ^"^^lishing and maintaining jointly a high 



HIGH SCHOOLS. 



or other public school for the benefit 
of their scholars, and may raise 
and appropriate money to carry the 
contracts into effect ; and their school 
boards, acting jointly or otherwise, 
shall have such authority and per- 
form such duties in relation to schools 
so maintained as may be provided 
for in the contracts. 
Districts may Any school district may contract P. S. 89:11, 
vrith an academy, seminary, or other J^^^p^fg^^^'^l^^''^ 
literary institution located w^ithin its la'^s 1911. 
limits or in its immediate vicinity, for 
furnishing instruction to its scholars ; 
and the school money may be used to 
carry the contract into effect; pro- 
vided, however, that the superintend- 
ent of public instruction shall have 
full pov^er and authority to terminate 
such contracts whenever in his judg- 
ment the educational interests of the 
districts so require. 



contract for 
tuition. 



High schools 
in dissolved 
special dis- 
tricts. 



Whenever any school district or- 64:1, laws 
ganized under a special act of the 
legislature shall vote to abolish such 
district and to unite with the town 
district, if said town district shall 
vote to receive said special district, 
if said special district has for the five 
years next preceding such vote main- 
tained a high school, it shall be in- 
cumbent on the town district with 
which it unites to thereafter keep and 
maintain within the limits of said 
special district a high school for at 
least thirty-four weeks in each year. 



70 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



and of equal grade to that which had 
been previously maintained therein by 
such special district, said high school 
to be open to all scholars in the town 
district of suitable age and qualifica- 
tions. 
Towns must I't shall be the duty of said townb4:2, laws 

maintain such (jjg^rict to raise and appropriate each -'^^^^• 
schools. ^^ ^ 

year thereafter sufficient money in 

addition to the school money which 
the town in which it is situated may 
raise, to properly maintain such high 
school, or schools, as may be estab- 
lished under the preceding section. 
Discontinu- ^^J high school hereby established 64:3, laws 

ance of such may be discontinued, or the location 
schools. '^ 

thereof changed, by the supreme 

court, on petition of the school board 
of the town district in w^hich it is 
located, after such notice as the court 
may order, 'if it shall appear that the 
educational interests of the town dis- 
trict require such discontinuance or 
change. 



Penalty. 



Towns not 
maintaining 
liigh schools 
must pay 
tuition. 



Any town district failing to comply 64:4, laws 
with the provisions of this act, or any 
of them, shall be fined for such neg- 
lect. 

Any town not maintaining a high 96:1, laAvs 
school or school of corresponding aJ^e^'de^d by 
grade shall pay for the tuition of any 118, laws . 

\-n X, -f-u ^ J- " 1903, and 1< 

child ^vho 'svith parents or guardian laws 1917. 
resides in said town and who attends 
a high school or academy in the same 
or another town or city in this state, 
and the parent or guardian of such 



HIGH SCHOOLS. 



71 



Liability for 
tuition. 



Rebate from 
state in cer- 
tain cases. 



child shall notify the school board of 
the district in which he resides of the 
high school or academy which he has 
determined to attend ; provided, how- 
ever, that no town shall be liable for 
tuition of a child in any school, in 
excess of the average cost per child 
of instruction for the regularly em- 
ployed teachers of that school and the 
cost of text-books, supplies, and ap- 
paratus during the school year pre- 
ceding, nor in any case, shall the 
town be liable for tuition for any 
child in excess of fifty-five dollars per 
year. ^ 

If any tow^n in which a high school 96:2, laws 
or school of corresponding grade is ^901. 
not maintained neglects or refuses to 
pay for tuition as provided in the pre- 
ceding section, such town shall be 
liable therefor to the parent or guar- 
dian of the child furnished "with such 
tuition, if the parent or guardian has 
paid the same, or to the town or city 
furnishing the same in an action of 
contract. 

[such sum as may be needed] shall gg.g j^^^ 
be appropriated annually from the 1901, as 
state treasury for the payment of tui-g^.^iaws 1905. 
tion in high schools and academies, to 
be paid by the state treasurer in the 
month of December of each year to 
the treasurers of such towns as are 
entitled, and in such manner as is 
hereinafter provided, upon a sworn 



T2 SCHOOL LAWS. 

certificate of the superintendent of 
public instruction of the sums due. 

ToM^ns whose rate of taxation for 
school purposes in any year is $3.50 
or more on $1,000, and whose aver- 
age rate of taxation for all purposes 
for five years next preceding is $16.50 
or more on $1,000, shall receive a share 
of said appropriation as follows : 

If the tax rate is from $16.50 to 
$17.49, one-tenth of the tuition paid. 

If the tax rate is from $17.50 to 
$18.49, two tenths of the tuition paid. 

If the tax rate is from $18.50 to 
$19.49 three-tenths of the tuition paid. 

If the tax rate is from $19.50 to 
$20.49, four-tenths of the tuition paid. 

If the tax rate is from $20.50 to 
$31.49, five-tenths of the tuition paid. 

If the tax rate is from $21.50 to 
$22.49, six-tenths of the tuition paid. 

If the tax rate is from $22.50 to 
$23.49, seven-tenths of the tuition 
paid. 

If the tax rate is from $23.50 to 
$24.49, eight-tenths of the tuition 
paid. 

If the tax rate is from $24.50 to 
$25.49, nine-tenths of the tuition paid. 

Over $25.49, the whole of such tu- 
ition. 
Definition of ^^ "^^^ *®^^ "high school" or 96:4, laws 

high school. "academy," as used in this act, is ^ineidei^ by 
understood a school having at least 3i and 118, 

- , , .X. ^ laws 1903, 

one course of not less than four years, and 19, lawi 

properly equipped and teaching such^^^^- 



HIGH SCHOOLS. 



73 



Approval by 
superintend- 
ent of public 
instruction. 



I.iiterarj' fund 
for scholars 
attending 
high, schools 
and academies 



Districts may 
make con- 
tracts for 
tuition. 
Status of 
schools with 
which con- 
tracts are 
made. 



subjects as are required for admission 
to college, technical school, and nor- 
mal school, including reasonable in- 
struction in the constitution of the 
United States and in the constitution 
of New Hampshire, such high school 
or academy to be approved by the 
state superintendent of public in- 
struction as complying with the re- 
quirements of this section. And said 
superintendent is authorized to ap- 
prove a school maintaining any part 
of such course for the part so main- 
tained. 

Towns paying tuition of scholars 96:5, laws 
in high schools or academies shall re- ^^^-'^• 
ceive a proportionate share of the lit- 
erary fund for the attendance of 
such pupils. All academies and pri- 
vate schools shall be furnished with 
copies of the school register, and 
shall make an annual statistical re- 
port to the state superintendent. 

[Contracts made with corporations outside 
the state are not considered valid, except in 
the cases specified in the section below.] 

Any school district may make con-gg.g^ ia,ws 

tracts with any academies or high i-Ol' as 

° amended by 
schools or other literary institutions lis, laws 

located in the state for furnishing j^'^^.g ioos'- 
instruction to its scholars ; and such 126, laws of 
school district may raise and appro- lav.^s of 1917. 
priate money to carry into effect any 
contracts in relation thereto. Every 
such academy or high school or liter- 
ary institution shall then be deemed 



SCHOOL LAWS. 

a high school maintained by such dis- 
trict, if approved by the superintend- 
ent of public instruction in accord- 
ance with section 4 of this act ; 
provided, hoioever, that whenever it 
shall appear that attendance of any 
pupil at the school with ^lich such 
contract shall have been made will 
work manifest hardship and when it 
shall further appear that attendance 
at some other approved high school or 
academy will not work hardship, the 
pupil through his parent or guardian 
or some other responsible citizen may 
apply to the school board for an order 
transferring the pupil to such more 
accessible approved high school or 
academy. The school board shall 
thereupon within ten days order a 
hearing' upon the case and if it shall 
appear to them that the claim is well 
founded shall issue such order, and 
the district in which the child with 
parent or guardian resides shall then 
be liable to the academy or high 
school to which such child is assigned 
for tuition of such child as provided 
by chapter 96, Laws of 1901, and 
amendments thereto ; and provided, 
further, that the person making ap- 
plication to the school board as pro- 
vided in this act or the governing 
board of the high school or academy 
with which such contract shall have 
been made may appeal from the deci- 
sion of the school board to the super- 



HIGH SCHOOLS. 75 

intendent of public instruction for 
review and final decision and either 
party shall have the same right of 
appeal in case the school board shall 
neglect or refuse to reach a decision 
w^ithin ten days from the date of filing 
application. 

The school districts in the towns of 122, laws 
Walpole, Mason, Kollinsford and Con-^^°^- 
way may make contracts with Bel- 
lows Falls, Vt., Townsend, Mass., Ber- 
wick Academy, Me., and Fryeburg 
Academy, Me., respectively, for fur- , 
nishing instruction to their pupils of 
high school grade, and may raise and 
appropriate money to carry such con- 
tracts into effect. 
Towns border- ^ny school district in tovms bor-g^.y^ laws 
ing on state dering on the state line, not having a l^^Ol, as 
Lne may con- . ° ' ^ amended by- 

tract with in- high school or school of correspond- lOO, laws 
stitntions in • ' -, i . . -.i 1909. 

another state. ^^§" g'^ade, may make contracts with 

Entitled to high schools or academies in towns 

rebate from 

state under and cities located out of the state, 

, aws 1901. whenever by reason of distance and 
transportation facilities such schools 
outside the state are more accessible 
to the pupils, and may raise and ap- 
propriate money to carry such con- 
tracts into effect; provided, however, 
that every such academy or high 
school shall be approved by the su- 
perintendent of public instruction, in 
accordance with section 4, chapter 96, 
Session Laws of 1901, and acts in 
amendment thereof and addition 
thereto. 



76 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Such dis- 
tricts 
shall be 
entitled t 
rebate. 



Any district in a town bordering on 96:8, laws 
the state line not maintaining a high amended by 
school or school of corresponding J^J^ ^^^^ 
grade shall pay for the tuition of any 
child, who, with parents or guardian 
resides in said district and who at- 
tends a high school, or academy lo- 
cated out of the state, whenever bv 
reason of distance and transportation 
facilities such schools outside the 
state are more accessible to the pu- 
pils; provided, 1iowet)er, that every 
such academy or high school shall be 
approved by the superintendent of 
public instruction, in accordance with 
section 4, chapter 96, Session Laws 
of 1901, and acts in amendment 
thereof and addition thereto, and the 
parents or guardian of such child 
shall notify the school board of the 
district in which he resides of the 
high school or academy which he de- 
sires to attend, and the approval of 
the school board shall be necessary in 
all cases arising under this section. 

Towns paying for tuition of schol-96:9, laws 

ars in high schools or academies out i^oi, as 

° amended by 

of the state shall be entitled to share lOO, laws 

in the annual appropriation of the 
state for such tuition, and in the lit- 
erary fund, so called, in the same 
manner as towns paying for the tui- 
tion of children attending a high 
school or academy in the state. 



1909. 



HIGH SCHOOLS. 77 

Contract wi h Any school district may contract P. S. 89:11 as 
academy or .^, ^ . ,, amended by 

other Uterary With an academy, seminary, or other chapter 137 
institution. literary institution located within its ^^^^ ^^ii- 
limits or in its immediate vicinity, 
for furnishing instruction to its 
scholars ; and the school money may 
be used to carry the contract into 
effect; provided, however, that the 
superintendent of public instruction 
shall have full power and authority to 
terminate such contracts whenever in 
his judgment the educational inter- 
ests of the districts so require. 
Educational The principal of each college, acad-40, laws 1907. 

to^^sen^^*''^^ emy, seminary, or other institution of 
catalogues^ io learning incorporated by the laws of 
alogical this state, shall annually and before 

Society. ^j^g j^j,g^ ^^y Q^ November of each 

year forward to the New Hampshire 
Genealogical Society, for its library, 
one copy of each printed catalogue of 
its officers and students and courses 
of studies published during the year 
next preceding said date. 



78 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



XI. 



NORMAL SCHOOLS. 



Plymouth. 

Establishment. The New Hampshire State Normal p. s. 95:1. 
School, as heretofore established and 
located, is continued. The instruction 
in the school shall be confined to such 
branches as will specially prepare the 
pupils to teach in the public schools, 
and to such other branches as are 
usually taught in normal schools. 
The school shall be in session at least 
twenty w^eeks in each year. 

The management of the school shall p. g. 95:2, as 



Trustees. 



Officers of 
board of 
trustees. 



95:3. 



be vested in a board of trustees com- y^^^^ws*^ 1903 
posed of the governor, the superin- 
tendent of public instruction, and five 
other persons who shall be appointee! 
by the governor, with the advice of 
the council, and shall hold office for 
five years, one of v^^hom shall be ap- 
pointed each year. 

The board shall choose from its 
members a president and secretary, 
and such committees and other of- 
ficers as may be necessary to trans- 
act its business, and may choose a 
treasurer who is not a member of the 
board. They shall meet at least onae. 
each year and shall receive no com- 
pensation for services, but shall be 
paid their reasonable expenses while 
engaged in the performance of their 
duties. 



NORMAL SCHOOLS. 



79 



Teachers. 



Courses of 
study. 



Examinations, 
admission and 
graduation. 



Tuition free 
upon certain 
conditions. 



Support. 



Teachers at 
institutes. 



They shall select and employ a prin-P. S. 95:4. 
cipal teacher for the school, who shall 
be allowed, with their advice and 
consent, to select the assistants, and 
provide for the discipline of the 
school. 

The trustees, with the principal, p. s. 95:5. 
shall arrang-e courses of study for the 
school. 

The trustees and principal shall p. s. 95:6. 
prescribe and control the examina- 
tions for the admission and gradua- 
tion of pupils, and they shall grant 
certificates of graduation to such as 
complete either course and pass the 
required examinations. 

Tuition and graduation shall be p. s. 95:7 
free to all those completing either 
course of study who will agree to 
teach in the public schools of this 
state for a period equal to the length 
of such course. The trustees shall 
make such provisions as may be nec- 
essary to effect the purposes of this 
section. 

The sum of thirty-two thousand Chapters 230 
dollars is annually appropriated for^f ^g^y ' 
the maintenance of the school, to be 
expended as the trustees shall direct. 

The principal and teachers of the p. g. 95:9. 
State Normal School shall assist and 
give instruction at teachers' insti- 
tutes, so far as they can %vithout in- 
terfering vrith their duties in the nor- 
mal school, but they shall receive no 
additional compensation, except for 



80 SCHOOL LAWS. 

travel and other actual and necessary 

expenses while so employed. 
Duties of su- The superintendent of public in- P. S. 95:10. 
ofiubnc^^''^ struction, in his annual report, shall 
instruction state the condition of the school, the 
in connection „ ^ . . , -, j_- 

with school. terms of admission and graduation, 

the times of the commencement and 
close of the sessions, and shall cause 
the same to be printed on the cover 
of the school register. 

Keene. 

Establishment On or before May 1, 1909, the gov- 157:1, laws 
School, ^''^^^ernor and council and the board of 1^09. 
trustees of the State Normal School 
shall organize as a joint board for the 
location and establishment of a nor- 
mal school in Keene. 

Said board is hereby authorized to 157^2, laws 
receive aid in money, property or ""^ 
other valuable effects, for the benefit 
of said school from any and all in- 
dividuals or municipal or other cor- 
porations. Said board is authorized 
to purchase or acquire such lands as 
it may deem best, consistent with the 
amount or means appropriated or 
otherwise obtained for such purposes. 
And in the purchase or acquisition of 
lands and the buildings thereon, if 
any, said board is authorized and di- 
rected to procure a good and suitable 
deed of conveyance in the name of the 
state and a proper instrument of sale 
of all such library, school furniture 



NORMAL SCHOOLS. 



81 



city of 
Keene. 



and apparatus therein as may be ac- 
quired. 
Contract with ^o money shall be expended under 157:3, jaws 
the provisions of this act until the-^^*^^- 
union school district in said city shall 
have agreed in writing through its 
duly authorized officials with the duly 
authorized officials acting for the 
state, to cooperate with said school ^^^ 

in the maintenance of model and -""'^ 
practice schools, for a term of years, 
in such manner as shall meet with 
the approval of said trustees, and 
said district is hereby authorized to 
enter into such contract. 
Appropriaftion A Sum not to exceed ten thousand 157:4, laws 
Sent^*^^^'^^" <iollars ($10,000) is hereby appropri- 1909- ' 
ated for the purposes of sections 1 
and 2 of this act and the governor is 
hereby authorized to draw^ his war- 
rant for all or any part of said 
amount upon any moneys in the 
treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
S'aid sum to be used in connection 
with any other money or moneys that 
may be secured from any other source 
for the aforementioned purposes. 

Said school when established shall 157:5, laws 

1909. 
be under the direction of the board 

of trustees of the state normal school 

now established, and said board shall 

be styled The Board of Trustees of 

the New^ Hampshire Normal Schools. 

All provisions of chapter 95 of the 

Public Statutes and the amendments 



Government. 



82 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Contracts 
with towns 
other than 
Plymouth or 
Keene. 



Maintenance. 



thereto, not inconsistent herewith, re- 
lating- to the organization, govern- 
ment and maintenance of the normal 
school mentioned therein and all the 
duties imposed or prescribed thereby 
for the trustees, teachers or pupils 
and the superintendent of public in- 
struction shall apply to and be ob- 
served in the organization, govern- 
ment and maintenance of the normal 
school established under this act. 

Tlie Board of Trustees of tne ^ew^^^r^.g ^^^^ 
Hampshire Normal Schools is hereby 1909- 
authorized to contract with any city 
or town in the vicinity of either of 
the normal schools for the main- 
tenance of practice schools therein in 
connection with said normal schools 
and may provide for the payment of 
such portion of the compensation of 
the supervising teachers employed in 
said practice schools as they may 
deem just and equitable. 

Any city or town is hereby author- 157:7^ laws 
ized to enter into such contract as^^OQ. 
is provided by either section 3 or 
section 6 of this act ; also any city 
or town is authorized to make such 
gifts as it may determine for the es- 
tablishment or maintenance of said 
school. 

[The sum of thirty-two thousand chapters 230 
dollars was appropriated for each^^^^g^^' ^^""^^ 
of the years 1917-18 and 1918-19, re- 
spectively.] 



SCHOLAKS. 



83 



XII. 



SCHOLARS. 



None shall at 
tend without 
consent of 
board. 



Dismissal for 
misconduct. 



No person shall attend school, orp^ g. 93:1. 
send a scholar to the school, in any 
district of which, he is not an inhab- 
itant, without the consent of the dis- 
trict or of the school board. 

No child shall attend any public, p. s. 93:2, as 

parochial, or private school unless he ^^^^^^g ^qqi^ 

has been vaccinated or has had the and 90, laws 

] 909 

smallpox, and this section shall be 
enforced by the board of health, ex- 
cept in the case of a child who has 
submitted to the process of vaccina- 
tion not less than three times, or who 
holds the certificate of the local board 
of health that he is an unfit subject 
for vaccination. Said board of health 
shall issue such certificate upon the 
advice of a registered physician ap- 
proved by said board of health. 

No parent or gnardian, person ori6:'^iaws 
persons having the custody of any^^^^- 
child shall permit such child, if in- 
fected with any communicable dis- 
ease, or has been exposed to such, to 
attend any public or private school. 

Any person who knowingly violates 16: 9, laws 
any provision of this chapter, or any 
regulation established by authority of 
this chapter, shall be punished by a 
fine of ten dollars for each offense. 

Any scholar may be dismissed fromp g 93:3. 
school by the school board for gross 



84 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Scholars shall 
attend where 
assigned. 



Penalty. 



District by- 
laws concern 
ing truants. 



misconduct, or for neglect or refusal 
to conform to tlie reasonable rules of 
tlie school; and he shall not attend 
the school until restored by the 
school board. 

No scholar who shall have been as- P. S. 93:4. 
sig-ned to a particular school by the 
school board shall attend any other 
school in the district until assigned 
thereto. 

If any scholar, after notice, shall p. s. 93:5. 
attend or visit a school which he has 
no right to attend, or shall interrupt 
or disturb the same, he shall be fined 
for the first offense five dollars, and 
for any subsequent offense ten dol- 
lars, or be imprisoned not exceeding 
thirty days. 

Districts may make by-laws, not re- P. S. 93:6. 
pugnant to law, concerning habitual 
truants and children between the 
ages of six and sixteen years not at- 
tending school and not having a reg- 
ular and lawful occupation, and to 
compel the attendance of such chil- 
dren at school, and may annex pen- 
alties for the breach thereof not ex- 
ceeding ten dollars for each offense. 

[The department will furnish an article 
drawn by the attorney-general for insertion in 
the school warrant upon application.] 



Penalty. 



Any offender against such by-laws, p 
upon conviction, may be sentenced' to 
pay a fine and- to be committed' to the 
industrial school until it is paid or he 
is otherwise discharged, or he may be 



S. 93:7. 



SCHOLAES. 85 

sentenced to the industrial school for 
a term not exceeding- one year. 

The court or justice imposing- a fine p g gg.g 
upon any such oifender may remit it 
upon proof that he is unable to pay it, 
and has no parent, g-uardian, or person 
chargeable with his support able to 
pay it, and may discharge him from 
the industrial school if he has been 
committed there for non-payment 
thereof. 

Any such offender so convicted may P. S. 93:9 
give bond to the district in the penal 
sum of twenty-five dollars, with suf- 
ficient sureties, approved by the court 
or justice before w^hom he was con- 
victed, conditioned to attend regularly 
some school kept in the district for 
one term next ensuing, to comply 
with the regulations thereof, and to 
be obedient and respectful to the 
teacher ; and his fine may thereupon 
be remitted by such court or justice 
upon payment of the costs. 
Persons hav- Every person having the custody P. S. 93:14, 
ing custody of ^nd control of a child between the l\ ^?aws^^^ ^^ 
children must in'm i^ 

cause them ages of eight and fourteen years, or }^^^''}-^' 
■■ '^ ° . laws 1903 ; 

of a child under the age of sixteen 139, laws 

1911 ■ 22 1 

years, unless such child shall have jg^^g j^gj^sj 
completed the course of study pre- ^^^ Chapter 
scribed for the elementary schools, re- 1917. 
siding in a school district in which 
a public school is annually taught, 
shall cause such child to attend the 
public school all the time such school 



to attend 
school 



86 SCHOOL LAWS. 

is in session, unless the child shall be 
excused by the school board of the 
district because his physical or men- 
tal condition is such as to prevent his 
attendance at school for the period 
required, or because he was instructed 
in the English lang-uage in a private 
school approved by the school board 
for a number of weeks equal to that 
in which the public schools were in 
session in the common Eng-lish 
branches, or, having- acquired those 
branches, in other more advanced 
studies. Any person who does not 
comply with the requirements of this 
section shall be fined ten dollars for 
the first oifense and twenty dollars 
for every subsequent offense, for the 
use of the district ; provided, however, 
that any person having- the custody 
and control of a child may apply to 
the state superintendent of public in- 
struction for relief whenever such 
person deems it to be against the 
moral or physical welfare of such 
child to attend the particular school 
required by law, and thereupon, after 
notice to the school board of the 
district in which such child is re- 
quired to attend school, the state su- 
perintendent of public instruction 
may order such child to attend an- 
other school in the same district if 
such school is available ; may order 
such child to attend school in another 



SCHOLARS. 87 

district, in which case the district in 
which such child resides shall pay to 
the district in which such child at- 
tends school tuition not to exceed the 
average cost per child of instruction 
for the regularly employed teachers 
and the cost of text-books, supplies 
and apparatus for such time as such 
attendance shall continue ; may per- 
mit such child to withdraw from 
school attendance for such time as he 
may deem necessary or proper ; or 
make such other order or orders with 
respect to the attendance of such 
child at school as in his judgment the 
circumstances require, and provided 
further that whenever it shall appear 
to the superintendent of schools, or, 
if there is no superintendent, any 
member of the school board, that the 
educational welfare of any child 
above the age of fourteen will be best 
served by the Mdthdrawal of such 
child from school, then the superin- 
tendent or m^ember of the school 
board shall forward to the superin- 
tendent of public instruction a state- 
ment of the case with such evidence 
as the latter shall require with the 
recommendation that the child be 
exempted from further attendance at 
school, and the superintendent of 
public instruction, after such investi- 
gation as he shall deem necessary, if 
he shall find that the facts warrant, 



88 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Copies of law 
to be sent 
to offenders. 



Penalty for 
interrupting 
school. 



School board 
must prosecute 
offenders. 



liimitation of 
prosecution. 



Private 
schools must 
be ap(proved. 



shall forthwith make an order ex- 
empting such child from attendance 
as recomniended. 

The school board of every district P. S. 93:16. 
shall cause a copy of the two preced- 
ing- sections to be sent to every per- 
son who they have reason to believe 
does not comply with the require- 
ments of section 1 of this chapter. 

Any person, not a scholar, who P. S. 93:17. 
shall wilfully interrupt or disturb 
any school shall be punished by a fine 
not exceeding- fifty dollars, or by 
imprisonment not exceeding- thirty 
days. 

It shall be the duty of the school p. s. 93:18. 
board to prosecute offenders for viola- 
tions of the provisions of this chap- 
ter. If they neglect to perform this 
duty they shall forfeit twenty dollars 
for each neglect, for the use of the 
district, to be recovered in the name 
of the district by the selectmen of the 
town. All necessary expenses in- 
curred in such proceedings shall be 
paid by the district. 

No prosecution under this chapter P. S. 93:19. 
shall be sustained unless begun with- 
in one year after the offense is com- 
niitted. 

'No certificate as provided in theP- S. 93:20, 
-.■■,-. . -, •> amended by 

foregoing sections shall be issued for 62, laws 1895. 

attendance at any private school, un- 
less such school shall have previously 
been approved by the school board of 



SCHOLARS. 



89 



Prohibited 
employment. 



the district in which it is situated 
as furnishing- instruction in the Eng- 
lish lang-uage in all the studies re- 
quired by la"w equal to that given in 
the public schools of said district, and 
unless the record of attendance shall 
be kept in the form required of the 
public schools, and be open to the 
inspection of the school board of the 
district at all times. 

Upon petition of five per cent of the 112:1, laws 

1901 
legal voters of any city or town hav- 
ing more than five thousand inhab- 
itants, according to the latest United 
States census, said city or town shall 
establish and maintain, in addition to 
the schools required by law to be 
maintained therein, evening schools 
for the instruction of persons over 
fourteen years of age in such 
branches of learning and art as the 
school board shall deem expedient. 

No child under the age of fourteen 152 :l, laws 
shall be employed, or permitted or^^^^^j^^^. 

suffered to work, in, about, or in con- 224:1, laws 

1913 
nection with, any mill, factory, work- 
shop, quarry, mercantile establish- 
ment, tenement house, manufactory 
or workshop, store, business office. 
telegraph or telephone office, restau- 
rant, bakery, hotel, barber shop, 
apartment house, bootblack stand or 
parlor, or in the distribution or trans- 
mission of merchandise or messages. 

No child under the age of sixteen 162:2, laws 

1911 

shall be employed, or permitted or 



90 SCHOOL LAWS. 

suffered to work, in any establish- 
ment named in above section during 
the time in which the public schools 
are in session in the district in which 
he resides, unless he can read under- 
standing-ly and write leg'ibly simple 
sentences in the Eng-lish language ; 
provided, however, that if any child 
shall have reached the age of four- 
teen and shall have attended an Eng- 
lish-taught school regularly for not 
less than three years and shall then 
be deemed by the superintendent of 
schools, or other person authorized 
to grant employment certificates, to 
be mentally incapable of learning to 
read and write legibly the English 
language in the regular schools, the 
case maji' be referred to the state su- 
perintendent of public instruction, 
who after investigation either by 
himself or by his agent, may issue a 
permit authorizing the employment 
of such child even though such child 
may be unable to read understand- 
in gly and Avrite legibly simple sen- 
tences in the English language. 

Whenever requested by the super- 162:3, laws 
intendent of public instruction, the -'^^■'^-'^• 
State Board of Health shall cause to 
be made an inspection of any factory 
or other place in which children 
under the age of sixteen are em- 
ployed and may require the discharge 
of any child or children found em- 



SCHOLARS. 91 

ployed therein who by reason of 
physical condition, of unsanitary con- 
ditions of employment, or of develop- 
ment below the normal development 
of children of that age, can not in 
their judgment continue to be em- 
ployed without undue risk to health. 

No boy under ten and no girl under 162:4, laws 

1911 

sixteen years of age shall sell or ex- 
pose or offer for sale newspapers, 
magazines, periodicals or other mer- 
chandise in any street or public place. 
No child shall work as a bootblack in 
any street or public place unless he 
is over ten years of age. 
Hours of -^^ person under the age of 162:5, laws 

labor. eighteen years shall be employed or 

permitted to work as a messenger for 
a telegraph, telephone, or messenger 
company in the distribution, trans- 
mission, or delivery of goods or mes- 
sages before five o'clock in the morn- 
ing or after ten o'clock in the even- 
ing of any day. 

No boy under the age of sixteen 162:6, laws 
years, and no girl under the age of amended; 
eighteen years, shall be employed, or ?gfi^' ^*^^ 
permitted or suffered to v^^ork, at any 
gainful occupation, other than do- 
mestic service or work on a farm, 
more than fifty-eight hours in any 
one week, nor more than eleven hours 
in any one day ; nor before the hour 
of half past six o'clock in the morn- 
ing, nor after the hour of seven 



9'2 SCHOOL LAWS. 

o'clock in the evening — except that 
minors sixteen years of age or over 
may work in retail stores and tele- 
phone exchanges until ten o'clock in 
the evening. And boys fourteen years 
or over may deliver newspaper routes 
after five o'clock in the morning, and 
boys twelve years old or over may 
deliver newspaper routes between 
four and eight o'clock in the evening. 
Certificates. No child under sixteen years of 162:7, laws 

age shall be employed, or permitted 
or suffered to work, in, about, or in 
connection with, any place or estab- 
lishment named in section 1, unless 
the person, firm, or corporation em- 
ploying such child, procures and keeps 
on file, and accessible to any truant 
officer, or other authorized inspector, 
an employment certificate as herein- 
after prescribed. 

On the termination of the employ- .g^.g . 
ment of a child whose employment I9il. 
certificate is on file, such certificate 
shall be kept by the employer and 
surrendered to any authorized in- 
spector on demand. 

An employment certificate shall be i62:9, laws 
issued only by the superintendent of ^^enied^ by 
schools, or where there is no superin- 61, laws 1915. 
tendent, or in the absence of the su- 
perintendent, by a person authorized 
by the school board, provided, liow- 
ever, that no person authorized as 
aforesaid shall have authority to is- 



SCHOLAES. 

sue such certificate for any child then 
in or about to enter such person's 
own employment, or the employment 
of a firm or corporation of which he 
is a member, officer or employee : in 
the city of Manchester the provisions 
of chapter 205 of the Session Laws of 
1905 shall remain in force, but the 
person appointed under such provi- 
sions shall be subject to the terms 
of this act. 

The person authorized to issue an 162:10, laws 
employment certificate shall not issue * 

such certificate until he has received, 
examined, approved and filed the fol- 
lowing papers duly executed : 

(1) The school record of such 

child properly filled out and signed, , 

as provided in this act. 

(2) A passport or duly attested 
transcript of the certificate of birth 
or Baptism or public record, showing 
the date and place of birth of such 
child. 

(3) A certificate from a medical 
officer of the local board of health, or 
from a physician designated by the 
school board, certifying that the child 
has reached the normal development 
of a child of his age, and that he is 
in sufficiently sound health and physi- 
cally able to perform the work which 
he intends to do. Provided, however, 
that a certificate which shall be valid 
onlj^ during a vacation period of the 



93 



94 SCHOOL LAWS. 

school year may be issued without re- 
quiring- any certificate of school rec- 
ord; nor shall an ability to read 
understanding-ly and write legibly 
simple sentences in the English lan- 
guag-e be a prerequisite to the issu- 
ance of such certificate. Said certifi- 
cate shall plainly state on the face 
thereof the. beg-inning and ending of 
the period during" -which it shall be 
valid, such period in no case to 
exceed three months ; but in all re- 
spects other than the above such 
certificates shall comply with the pro- 
visions of this chapter. 

No emplojnnent certificate shall be 162:11, laws 
issued until the child in question has 
personally appeared before and been 
examined by the person issuing" the 
certificate. 

Every such employment certificate j 62:12 laws 
shall state the name, sex, and date 1911. 
and place of birth, of the child, shall 
describe the color of hair and eyes, 
the heig"ht and weight and any dis- 
ting-uishing" facial marks of such 
child ; that all papers required by the 
preceding sections have been duly ex- 
amined, approved and filed ; that the 
child named in the certificate has ap- 
peared before the person signing the 
same and been examined; and that 
such child has been found to be able 
to read understandingly and write 
legibly simple sentences in the Eng- 
lish language. Every such certificate 



SCHOLAES. 95 

shall be signed, in the presence of 
the person issuing- the same, by the 
child in whose name it is issued, and 
shall show the date of its issue. 

The school record required by thisi62:i3, laws 
act shall be signed by the principal l^^l- 
or chief executive officer of the school 
which the child has attended, and 
shall be furnished on demand to a 
child entitled thereto. 

Su^h record shall certify that the 
child has regularly attended the x)ub- 
lic schools, or private schools lawfully 
approved as such, for not less than 
three hundred half-days, as shown by 
the school register, during the year 
previous to his arriving at the age 
of fourteen, or during the year pre- 
vious to applying for such school rec- 
ord, and that he is able to read under- 
standingly and write legibly simple 
sentences in the English language. 
Such school record shall also give the 
date of birth and residence of the 
child as' show^n on the records of the 
school and the name of his parent, 
guardian or custodian. 

The superintendent of schools ori62:i4, laws 
other person authorized to issue em- 1911« 
ployment certificates shall keep a rec- 
ord of the same in a book. Such rec- 
ord shall contain a list of the names 
of all children to whom certificates 
are granted, numbered consecutively, 
together with the date of issue and 



96 SCHOOL LAWS. 

the sig-nature of the officer issuing 

the certificate, and such books shall 

be carefully preserved. 

All blank forms for records used in 162:15, laws 

1911. 
the enforcement and administration 

of this act shall be uniform through- 
out the state, shall be prescribed by 
the superintendent of public instruc- 
tion, and shall be furnished by the 
state, and methods of keeping the 
same shall be approved by him as be- 
ing vs^ithin the contemplation of this 
act. 
Enforcement. The truant officer of each school Jg^i^^' ^^^^'^ 
district shall visit, inspect, and cause 
to be enforced the provisions of this 
act in his district, and for this pur- 
pose shall have power to serve war- 
rants. 

The superintendent of public in- 162:17, laws 
struction shall appoint not exceeding 
three state inspectors, who shall be 
paid their necesary expenses and 
such compensation as the governor 
and council shall determine, not ex- 
ceeding $1,200 per annum each, and 
who shall devote their whole time to 
their work. 

The state inspectors, under the di- 
rection of the superintendent of pub- 
lic instruction, shall inspect all fac- 
tories and other places of employment 
within the contemplation of this act 
and all records and methods of en- 
forcement. They shall have the same 



SCHOLARS. 97 

power as to enforcement and the 
serving of warrants as the several 
truant officers. 

The superintendent of public in- 
struction with the approval of the 
attorney-general, may employ counsel, 
and provide legal assistance, wher- 
ever the same may, in his opinion, 
be necessary for the enforcement of 
the provisions of this act, and the 
cost thereof shall be a charge upon 
the appropriation hereinafter pro- 
vided. 

The superintendent of public in- 152: 18, laws 
struction shall frequently report to 19 li- 
the chairman of the several school 

boards the relative efficiency of the 

several truant officers. 

The governor with the advice and 

consent of the council may require 

school boards to appoint additional 

truant officers if in their judgment 

such additional officers are necessary. 
The governor with the advice and 

consent of the council may require 

the school board of any school dis- 
trict to remove any truant officer 

found by them to be incompetent, and 

to appoint a competent successor, and 

upon the failure or neglect of the 

school board to do so, they may ap- 
point such truant officer and fix his 

compensation, and such compensation 

shall be paid by the district. 



98 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Children ap- 
parently 
under sixteen, 



Penalties. 



An inspector or truant officer shall 162:19, laws 
make demand upon any employer in 
or about whose place or establish- 
ment of a child apparently under the 
age of sixteen years is employed, or 
permitted or suffered to work, and 
w^hose employment certificate is not 
filed as required by this act, that such 
employer shall either furnish him 
within ten days satisfactory evidence 
that such child is in fact over sixteen 
years of ag-e, or shall cease to employ, 
or permit, or suffer such child to 
work, in such place or establishment. 
The inspector shall require from such 
employer the same evidence of age, 
of such child as is required in' the 
issuance of an employment certificate, 
and the employer furnishing such evi- 
dence shall not be required to furnish 
any further evidence of the age of the 
child. 

Whoever employs any child, and ^^^2: 20, laws 
whoever, having under his control as 1911- 
parent, guardian or otherwise, any 
child, permits or suffers such child to 
be employed or to work in violation 
of any of the provisions of this act, 
shall be fined not less than five nor 
more than two hundred dollars, or be 
imprisoned for not less than ten nor 
more than thirty days, or both, in 
the discretion of the court. 

Whoever continues to employ any 3 62:21, laws 
child in violation of any of the pro- l^^l- 
visions of this act, after being- notified 



SCHOLAES. 99 

thereof by an inspector, or truant of- 
ficer, shall for every day thereafter 
that such employment continues, be 
fined not less than five nor more than 
twenty dollars. 

Any person authorized to sign anyi62:22, laws 
certificate or paper called for by this ^^^l- 
act, M^ho certifies to any materially 
false statement therein, shall be fined 
not less than five nor more than two 
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for 
not less than five nor more than 
thirty days, or both, in the discretion 
of the court. 

Eefusal by an employer to produce i62:23, laws 
any employment certificate required ^^^^• 
by this act shall be prima facie evi- 
dence of the illegal employment of 
any child whose employment certifi- 
cate is not produced. 

Any superintendent of schools or 162:24, laws 
other person issuing- employment cer- 
tificates, who fails to comply with the 
provisions of this act shall be fined 
not less than five nor more than 
twenty-five dollars. 

The sum of six thousand five hun-i62:25, laws 
dred dollars annually is appropriated -^^■'^^• 
for the purposes of this act. 

No female, or minor under eighteen 
years of ag-e, shall be employed or be 
permitted to work at manual or 
mechanical labor in any employment, 
except household labor and nurses, 
domestic, hotel and boarding- house 



100 SCHOOL LAWS. 



labor, operators in telephone and tele- 156:1, laws 
graph, offices and farm labor, more amended by 
than ten and one-quarter hours dur-]^^^' ^^'''^^ 
ing- any one day, or more than fifty- 196, laws 

1917 

four hours in any one week. Where a 
minor under eighteen years of age or 
a female is employed in the same day 
or week by more than one employer 
in manual or mechanical labor in any 
employment, except household labor 
and nurses, domestic, hotel and board- 
ing house labor, operators in tele- 
phone and telegraph offices and farm 
labor, the total time of employment 
shall not exceed that allowed per 
day or week in a single employment. 
No such minor or female shall be 
employed or permitted to work at 
night work more than eight hours 
in any twenty-four hours nor more 
than forty-eight hours during the 
week. If any such minor or female 
is employed or permitted to work 
more than two nights each week for 
any time between the hours of eight 
o'clock p. m. and six o'clock a. m. of 
the day folloTving, such employment 
shall be considered night work. Mer- 
cantile establishments for the period 
oi seven days immediately preceding 
Christmas day in each year are, as to 
regular employees, excepted from the 
operation of this section, but the 
total number of hours of labor, for 
any female, or minor under eighteen 



SCHOLAES. 101 

years of ag-e, regularly employed in 
such, establishineiit, shall not exceed 
fifty-four hours per week for the full 
year. 

Every employer shall post in a con- 
spicuous place in every room, where 
such minors or females are employed, 
a printed notice stating- the hours of 196 :2, laws 
commencing- and stopping- such work, 
the time allowed for dinner or other 
meals, and the maximum number of 
hours any such minor or female em- 
ployee is permitted to work in any 
one day. 

The employment of any female, or 196:3, laws 
minor under eighteen years of age, 
in any such place or establishment, 
as defined in section 1 of this chapter, 
at any time other than those of the 
posted hours of labor, as hereinbefore 
provided for, shall be prima facie evi- 
dence of a violation of this act. 

This act shall take effect January 196:5, laws 

1917. 
1, 1918, and the provisions of this act 

shall not apply to labor performed 
entirely in the manufacture of muni- 
tions or supplies, for the United 
States government or for the govern- 
ment of the state of New Hampshire, 
while the United States is at war 
with any other nation. 



102 SCHOOI. LAWS. 



XIII. 



HEALTH AND SANITATION. 

Medical Wlienever any city, union, special, 83:1, laws 

inspection. ^^ .^^^.^ school district shall adopt ^^^^• 
the provisions of this act the said 
■ provisions shall be in force in snch 
school district as hereinafter pro- 
vided. 

The school board of the city or 83:2, laws 
town, in which such school district is 1913. 
located, shall appoint one or more 
school physicians of not less than five 
years' experience, shall assign one to 
each public and each private school 
within such school district, and shall 
provide them with all proper facilities 
for the performance of their duties as 
prescribed in this act. 

Every school physician shall in the 83:3, laws 
presence of the teacher at least once i^^^- 
a year, previous notice having been 
given, make such an examination of 
every pupil, excepting such as are 
hereinafter exempted, and of every 
teacher, janitor, and other employees, 
of the schools committed to his 
charge, and of the school buildings, 
yards and surroundings thereof as the 
protection of the health of the pu- 
pils may require. He shall report the 
results of his examination to the 
school board, who shall record the 
same, and they shall forthwith take 
such action thereon as in their judg- 



HEALTH AND SANITATIOIS^. 103 

ment the public health or the health 
of the pupils demands. "^ 

Every child who shows signs of be- 83:4, laws 
ing in ill health or of suffering from ■'■^■'^^• 
a communicable disease, shall be re- 
ferred by the tea,cher to the parents 
or guardian of such child for ex- 
amination and diagnosis by some reg- 
ularly registered physician and if said 
parents fail or neglect to have such 
child so examined, and produce a cer- 
tificate from such physician within 
two days, then such child shall be . 
examined by said school physician. 

The school physician shall cause 83:5, laws 
notice of the disease or defects, if i^i^- 
any, from which any child is found 
to be suffering to be sent to his par- 
ent or guardian. Whenever a child 
shows symptoms of smallpox, tuber- 
culosis, diphtheria, influenza, tonsil- 
itis, whooping cough, mumps, scabies, 
or trachoma, or other communicable 
disease, he shall be sent home imme- 
diately, or as soon as safe and proper 
conveyance can be found. 

The school physician shall cause 83:6, laws 
every child in the public schools to 1913. 
be carefully tested and examined in 
the presence of the teacher at least 
once in every school year to ascertain 
whether he is suffering from defec- 
tive sight or hearing or from any 
other disability or defect tending to 
prevent his receiving the full benefit 



104 SCHOOL LAWS. 

of his school work, or requiring- a 
modification of the school work in 
order to prevent injury to the child 
or to secure the best educational re- 
sults. The tests of sight and hearing 
shall be made by the teacher under 
the direction of the school physician. 
The physician shall cause notice of 
any defect or disability requiring 
treatment to be sent to the parent or 
guardian of the child and shall re- 
quire a physical record of each child 
to be kept in such form as the state 
superintendent of public instruction 
shall prescribe. 

The state board of health shall 83:7, laws 

1913 

prescribe the directions for tests of 
sig-ht and hearing-, and the superin- 
tendant of public instruction shall, in 
cooperation with the state board of 
health, prescribe instruction, test 
cards, blanks, record books, and other 
useful appliances for carrying- out the 
purposes of this act, and shall pro- 
vide for students in the normal 
schools instruction and practice in 
the best methods of testing- the sight 
and hearing- of children. 

Any parent or ^ardian may pro- 83:8, laws 
test in writing- to the teacher ag-ainst ^^l^- 
the examination of his or her child 
or ward, and such pupil shall there- 
after be exempt from any examina- 
tion for or on account of any non- 
contagious disease or defect. 



HEALTH AND SAN^ITATION. 105 

The district may raise money for 83:9, laws 
carrying into effect the provisions of i^^^- 
this act. 

All acts and parts of acts incon- 83:10, laws 
sistent with the foregoing- are hereby i^^^- 
repealed, and this act shall take effect 
upon its passage. 
Tuberculosis. The state board of health is an- 17 :1, laws 
thorized and instructed to prepare, or"^^"*^^' 
cause to be prepared, such bulletin or 
bulletins on the cause, restriction and 
prevention of tuberculosis, embodying 
such facts, suggestions and regula- 
tions as in its judgment shall best 
instruct the public in methods of pre- 
vention and restriction, including the 
proper sanitary management of said 
disease. 

It shall be the duty of the board 17 :2, laws 
of education of every school district ^^^^• 
in the state to furnish each teacher 
of a public school a sufficient number 
of copies of each bulletin, whenever 
issued, as to enable the said teacher, 
whose duty it shall be to distribute 
one copy to eacl^ family represented 
in said school district. 

The board of education shall ascer- 17: 3, laws 
tain, approximately, the number of 
copies of said bulletin that may be 
required under the provisions of the 
foregoing section and shall report the 
same to the state board of health 
within thirty days after request is 



106 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Protection 
of pupils 
in public 
private 
schools. 



made for same by said state board of 
health. 

The state board of health shall, 17:4, laws 

1913. 
as soon as practicable after ascer- 
taining the number of copies of said 
bulletin that will be required for the 
distribution herein provided for, 
cause to be printed and forwarded to 
each board of education a sufficient 
number of copies to meet the require- 
ments of section 2 of this act, and 
such additional number of copies as 
in the judgment of the said board 
may be otherwise profitably dis- 
tributed. 

This act shall take effect and be 17:5, laws 
in force on and after May 1, 1913. ^^^^• 

[Vacciination, see chapter XII on Scholars.] 

No parent, guardian, person, or per- i6:7, laws 
sons having the custody of any child, i^Ol. 
shall permit such child, if infected 
with any communicable disease, or 
has been exposed to such, to attend 
any public or private school. 

Any person who knowingly violates ^^g.g , ^^^ 
any provision of thii^ chapter, or any 1901. 
regulation established by authority of 
this chapter, shall be punished by 
a fine of ten dollars for each offense. 

No person shall be employed as^Q]^-!^ 1917. 
teacher or janitor, or in any other 
capacity, in or about any building 
used for school purposes w^ho is in- 
fected with tuberculosis or any other 
communicable disease. 



OTHEE STATUTES. 



107 



Tlie health officer of any town or 101:2, 1917. 
city shall upon complaint immedi- 
ately examine, or cause to be exam- 
ined, any person alleged to be in- 
fected as aforesaid and, if he shall 
find such person to be so infected, he 
shall order the temporary or perma- 
nent suspension of such infected per- 
son from duty. 

If the health officer shall within 101:3, 1917. 
ten days from the date of filing- of 
complaint fail to take action as 
herein provided, the complainant may 
appeal to the secretary of the state 
board of health, who shall forthwith 
cause a competent examination to be 
made and, if such person is found to 
be infected as charged, shall order 
his or her exclusion from school as 
above provided. 

XIV. 

OTHER STATUTES RELATING TO PARENTS 
AND CHILDREN. 

State aid, "^^^ sum of twenty thousand one p g 86:1, as 

indigent hundred and fifty dollars is appropri- amended 1917. 

and 'blind. ated for each of the fiscal years 1917 
and 1918 for the support and educa- 
tion of deaf and dumb and blind 
persons of the state. 

Upon the recommendation of the 
State Board of Charities and Correc- 
tion assistance shall be furnished to 
sych persons, in such amounts, and at 



108 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



such asylunis, schools or other insti- 
tutions designed for the purpose, as 
the governor and council shall direct. 

The furnishing- of such assistance P- 
shall not affect the settlement of any 
person nor his right to vote. 



S. 86:3. 



Offenses 

against 

minors. 



Minors not 
admitted 
to drinking 
saloons. 



Admission 
of children 
to places of 



CRUELTY, ETC. 

If any parent or other person hav- p. g. 265:1. 
ing custody of a minor child under 
the age of fourteen years shall cruelly 
abandon, or shall treat with gross 
and habitual cruelty, or shall neglect 
in such manner! as to amount to 
cruelty, such child, he shall be im- 
prisoned not exceeding one year, or 
be fined not exceeding one hundred 
dollars, or both. 

No minor under the age of eighteen p. s. 265:2. 
years shall be admitted at any time 
to, or permitted to remain in, a 
saloon or place of entertainment 
vrhere spirituous or intoxicating liq- 
uors are sold, exchanged, or given 
aw^ay, or at places of amusement 
known as dance-houses and concert- 
saloons or any licensed billiard or 
pool room, unless accompanied by 
parent or guardian. If a proprietor, 
keeper, or manager of any such place 
shall violate any provision of this sec- 
tion, he shall be fined not exceeding 
twenty dollars. 

It shall be unlawful for any person 137:1^ 1909. 
to admit a child under the age of 



OTHER STATUTES. 



109 



amusement fourteen years to any show or place 
regulated. ^^ amusement required by law to be 

licensed, after snnset, or before sun- 
set during the hours that the public 
schools are in session, unless he is 
accompanied by a person of the age 
of twenty-one years or over ; or to 
permit any such child to remain in 
the show or place of amusement after 
the person in charge is informed or 
has reason to believe that the child 
is under said age and is unaccom- 
panied by a person as above required. 

Whoever violates either of the pro- 137:2, 1909. 
visions of section 1 shall be punished 
^ by a fine of not more than ten dollars 

or by imprisonment of not more than 
thirty days, or both. 
Children If ^-nj person shall employ or ex- p. s. 265:3 

under four- T^ji^it a child under the age of four- 
teen not to be *= 
employed in teen years in dancing, playing on 

bUion. musical instruments, singing, walking 

on a wire or rope, or riding or per- 
forming as a gymnast, contortionist, 
or acrobat in any circus or theatrical 
exhibition, or in any public place 
whatsoever, or shall cause, procure, or 
encourage any such child to engage 
therein, or if any person having the 
custody or control of any such child 
shall permit him to be so employed, 
such person shall be fined not exceed- 
ing one hundred dollars ; but nothing 
in this section shall be construed to 
prevent the education of children in 



110 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Sale of toy- 
pistols pro- 
hibited. 



Sale of 
cigarettes 
and tobacco 
prohibited. 



vocal and instrumental nrnsic, or 
their employment as musicians in any 
church, chapel, or school, or school 
exhibition, or to prevent their taking 
part in any concert or musical ex- 
hibition. 

If any person shall have in his P. S. 265:4. 
possession a toy pistol, toy revolver, 
or other toy firearms, for the explo- 
sion of percussion caps or blank car- 
tridges, with intent to sell the same, 
or shall sell, or offer to sell or to 
give away the same, he shall be fined 
not more than fifty dollars ; and he 
^hall be liable for all damages re- 
sulting from the use of the toy pis- 
tol, revolver, or other firearms by him 
sold or given away, to be recovered in 
an action on the case. 

If any person shall sell cigarettes P. S. 265; 5. 
or tobacco in any other form to a 
minor, he shall be fined not more 
than fifty dollars for each offense. 

(1895, Ch. 7, Sect. 1. If any person 
other than the minor's parent or 
guardian shall give or deliver any 
cigarette, snujff, or tobacco in any of 
its forms, to any minor under eight- 
een years of age, he shall be fined not 
more than fifty dollars for each 
offense.) 



OBSCENE LITEEATUEE, 

Selling obscene No person shall print or publish, or P. S. 265:6. 

pSbS. ^®^^' ^®^^' g"^^^' ^^ ^^°^ ^^ ^^5" other 
person any obscene book, pamphlet, 



OTHER STATUTES. 



Hi 



Employing 
minor 

children for 
that purpose. 



Permitting 
minor 
child to be 
employed. 



Penalty. 



Minor chil- 
dren mentally 
or physically 
incompetent. 



magazine, newspaper, print, or pic- 
ture, or any printed paper devoted to 
the publication or illustration of 
stories or accounts of bloodshed, lust, 
or crime, or principally made up of 
police reports and criminal news, and 
no person shall circulate, display, or 
post any advertisement of any such 
literature or pictures, or cause it to 
be done. 

No person shall in any manner hire, p g 265:7. 
employ, or use any minor to sell, or 
give away, or in any manner to dis- 
tribute any such literature, picture, 
or advertisement. 

No person having the care or con- p o 265*8 
trol of a minor child shall perniit 
such child to sell or give away any 
such reading matter or any such ad- 
vertisement. 

If any person shall violate any of P. S. 265:9. 
the provisions of the three preceding 
sections, he shall be fined not more 
than one hundred dollars, or be im- 
prisoned not more than six months, 
or both. 

No minor between the ages of three lie, laws 
and fifteen years shall be supported 
at any county almshouse in this state 
for more than sixty days, unless the 
consent of the Board of Charities 
shall have been obtained, excepting 
such as are under serious physical 
disability or are mentally incapaci- 
tated for education, or are under sen- 
tence for crime ; and it shall be the 



1895. 



112 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



duty of the commissioners of the va- 
rious counties to find suitable homes 
for such minor children within said 
period of sixty days. On and after 
the expiration of said sixty days, if 
suitable homes have not been pro- 
vided said minors, other than said 
county almshouse, the State Board of 
Charities shall have full control over 
said minor children, and shall be 
charged vs^ith the duty of procuring 
permanent homes for said minors, as 
a board or through such agent as said 
board may appoint, v^^henever it shall 
appear to them that the w^elfare of 
the minor w^ill be promoted thereby, 
at the expense of the county to which 
said minor is chargeable, the com- 
pensation to be the same as is al- 
lowed the county commissioners. 

It shall be the duty of the oter-9i:2, laws of 
seers of the poor of tovsrns and cities l^^'''- 
liable for the support of such minors, 
and of the county commissioners of 
counties liable for such support, to 
procure such minors supported at 
some orphan asylum or home or vs^ith 
some private family or families of 
good repute. 

f^unffor%ueh ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ *^« ^^^^^ «^ overseers ^^^ 3^ 1,^, ,, 
children. of the poor and county commission- 1897. 

ers, as soon as practicable, to find 
permanent homes for all such orphan 
minors, and make contracts for their 
education and support during minor- 



Minor chil- 
dren to be 
supported. 



OTHER STATUTES. 113 

ity, and all such contracts shall be 
subject to recision by the State Board 
of Charities, whenever the interest of 
such minors shall make it necessary, 
and said Board of Charities shall 
have the same authority, in respect to 
the control of all children for whom 
they provide permanent homes, as is 
now vested in overseers of the poor 
and county commissioners. 

The overseers of the poor in any 61:1, laws of 
town, or the county commissioners of ■'"^ 
any county, may send to the New 
Hampshire Orphans' Home, or to any 
orphans' home in this state, or other 
institution devoted to or suitable for 
the care, protection and education of 
children, upon such terms as may be 
agreed upon, all children residing in 
their respective towns or counties 
who are not employed in some lawful 
business, and whose parents are un- 
able or negiect to maintain them ; 
but, in the selection of such home or 
institution, said overseers and com- 
raissioners shall give the preference 
to that home or institution that is 
conducted by or under the auspices 
of the church or religious denomina- 
tion of which that child or the child's 
parents are members ; and said home 
or institution shall thereupon have 
the same authority in respect to such 
children as is now vested in overseers 
of the poor and county commissioners; 



114 SCHOOL LAWS. 

Placing The state board of charities and 104:1, 1917. 

out dependent ,. . , , ,-,.-, -, 

children. correction is hereby authorized and 

empowered to procure suitable fam- 
ily homes, where practicable, for de- 
pendent and neg-lected children. Said 
board or its agent shall inspect such 
homes previous to such placing-, main- 
tain subsequent watch, care and super- 
vision of such children, and may re- 
move any such child from such home, 
at any time when, in its judgment, 
the conditions therein are not for the 
best interest of the child. Said board 
may, when in its judgment the health 
or condition of any such child shall 
require it, cause such child to be 
placed in a hospital or institution for 
special treatment and care. It shall 
be the duty of said board, in placing 
such children, to place them, if prac- 
ticable, with people of like religious 
faith with the parents of said chil- 
dren. It shall be the duty of any 
person, public official, society or in- 
stitution placing any dependent or 
neglected child in any family home or 
institution, to give notice in writing 
to the state board of charities and 
correction, within ten days after such 
placing, stating the name of such 
child and the names, residence or lo- 
cation of the person or institution 
with whom or in which such child is 
placed. 



OTHER STATUTES. 115 

The expense for the maintenance 
and care of any such dependent or 
neg-lected child shall be borne by the 
county, city or town legally charg^e- 
able for its support if it were a pub- 
lic charge, provided, however, that 
such expense for maintenance and 
care shall be first approved by the 
county commissioners, or overseers of 
the poor, of such county, city or town, 
and such county, city or town shall 
have a right of action over for such 
expense against the parents or guar- 
dian of such child. 

It shall be the duty of the board 104:3. 1917. 
to assist in the enforcement of all 
laws for the protection of children 
and to investigate charges that may 
be brought to itsi attention, and, if a 
crime has been committed, to report 
to the county solicitor of the county 
in which the alleged offense has been 
committed. 

Said board, with the approval of 104:4, 1917. 
the governor and council, is hereby 
authorized and empowered to employ 
such agent or agents as may be neces- 
sary properly to perform the duties 
imposed upon it by law. 
Minor chil- That as used in this act the word 71:1, laws 

of^'ph^skaUy children shall be limited to mean ^^^'^• 
incompetent, children under sixteen years of age 
and also such children over sixteen 
years of age and under twenty-one 
jears as by reason of phj'-sical or 



116 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Penalty for 
desertion by 
husband or 
iather 



jiental infirmity are incapable of 
supporting- themselves ; and further 
that separation within the meaning 
of this act shall include, in addition 
to the cases embraced within the 
usmal meaning" of the word, every 
case where a husband has caused his 
wife to leave him by conduct on his 
part which would be ground for 
divorce and also every case where by 
extreme cruelty or other conduct it 
becomes improper for children to re- 
main with their father and have for 
this reason become separated from 
him. 

If any husband' or father being 71:2, laws 

3 907 
within the limits of this state shall 

hereafter separate himself from his 
wife or from his children or from 
Ms wife and children without reason- 
able cause and shall wilfully neglect 
to maintain his children, and his wife 
v^hen such ^vife is destitute or de- 
pendent wholly or in part on her 
earnings for adequate support he 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
on conviction thereof be sentenced to 
jail or the house of correction for a 
period or not more than six months 
and to pay a fine not exceeding 
twenty dollars or either or both at 
the discretion of the court ; such fine, 
if any, to be paid or applied in whole 
or in part to the deserted wife or 
children, as the court Tnaj direct. 



OTHER STATUTES. 



117 



Provided no such conviction, payment 
of fine or nndergoing" imprisonment 
shall in any manner affect the obliga- 
tion of any order for support there- 
tofore made against the defendant; 
and provided further that upon con- 
viction the court may suspend sen- 
tence upon and during- compliance by 
the defendant v^dth any order for 
support theretofore made against him 
as already made or as may thereto- 
fore have been modified in the man- 
ner nov^ provided by lavsr : and if no 
such order shall have been made then 
the court trying the defendant may 
make such order for the support by 
the defendant of his w^ife and chil- 
dren or either of them, which order 
shall be subject to modification by 
the court on cause shqv^n and the 
court may suspend sentence upon and 
during compliance by the defendant 
with such order as originally made or 
as subsequently modified by the court. 

If any woman or mother shall sepa- 71^3, laws 
rate herself as the term is defined in 
section 1 of this act from her hus- 
band without cause, or from her chil- 
dren, she shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and upon conviction thereof 
shall be sentenced to the county jail 
or the house of correction for a term 
not exceeding six months and to pay 
a fine not exceeding twenty dollars or 
either or both as the court -may de- 



1907. 



118 SCHOOL LAWS. 

termine, the fine, if any, to be ap- 
plied in the discretion of the court 
to the benefit of the deserted husband 
or children or both. 

Treatment This act shall apt)ly only to chil- 125:1, laws 

and control ^ .-u j! x 1907. 

of dependent, dren under the age of seventeen years. 

ddlSllt^''^ For the purpose of this act the words 
children. dependent child shall mean any child 

who for any reason is destitute, 
or homeless or abandoned ; and de- 
pendent upon the public for support, 
or has not proper parental care or 
guardianship; or who habitually begs 
or receives alms ; or who is found 
living in any house of ill-fame or 
with any vicious or disreputable 
persons, or whose home, by reason 
of neglect, cruelty or depravity on 
the part of its parents, guardians or 
other person in whose care it may 
be, is an unfit place for such child. 
The words delinquent child shall in- 
clude any child under the age of 
seventeen years w^ho violates any law 
of this state or any city or town 
ordinance, or who is incorrigible, or 
who knowingly associates with vicious 
or immoral persons, or is growing up 
in idleness or crime; or who know- 
ingly patronizes any place where 
gambling is carried on or frequents 
a house of ill-fame. The word asso- 
ciation shall include any corporation 
which includes in its purpose the care 
or disposition of children coming 
within the meaning of this act. 



OTHER STATUTES. 119 



Police and iustice courts shall have 125:2, la-ws 

1907. 
orig-inal jurisdiction in all cases com- 
ing- within the terms of this act. 

Courts shall designate suitable 125: 3, laws 
times for the hearing of cases of i^^^J^^JJ^^^' 
juvenile offenders, and dependent or 
delinquent children, which shall be 
called the session for children, for 
which a separate docket shall be kept. 
Said session shall be separate from 
that for the trial of criminal cases, 
and as far as practicable shall be held 
in rooms not used for such trials. No 
minor shall be allowed to be present 
at any such hearing unless his pres- 
ence is necessary, either as a party 
or witness, or, in the opinion of the 
court in the interests of justice. It 
shall be unlawful for any newspaper 
to publish the name, or address, or 
any other particular information 
serving to identify any juvenile de- 
linquent arrested, without the express 
permission of the court, and it shall 
be unlawful for any newspaper to 
publish any of the proceedings of any 
juvenile court. 

Any reputable person having knowl- 125:4, laws 
edge of a child who appears to be 
either dependent or delinquent, may 
file with the clerk of the court a pe- 
tition in writing setting forth the 
facts, verified by affidavit. 

Upon the filing of the petition a 125:5, laws 

1907 
summons or notice shall issue requir- 



120 SCHOOL LAWS. 



n^ the person having custody or con- 
trol of the child, or with whom the 
child may be, to appear with the 
child at a place and time stated in the 
summons or notice, which time shall 
not be less than twenty-four hours 
after service. The parents of the 
child, if living-, and their residence is 
known, or its legal guardian, if one 
there be, or if there is neither parent 
nor guardian, or if his or her resi- 
dence is not known, then some rela- 
tive if there be one, and his residence 
is known shall be notified of the pro- 
ceedings, and in any case the judg'e 
may appoint some suitable person to 
act in behalf of the child. If the 
person summoned, as herein provided, 
shall fail without reasonable cause to 
appear and abide the order of the 
court, or bring the child, he may be 
proceeded against as in case of con- 
tempt of court. In case a summons 
can not be served or the party served 
fails to obey the same, and in any 
case where it shall be made to appear 
to the court that such summons or 
notice will be ineffectual, a warrant 
may issue on order of the court, 
either against the parent or guardian 
or the person having custody of the 
child or with whom the child may be 
©r against the child itself. On the 
return of the summons or notice or 
other process or as soon thereafter 



OTHER STATUTES. 121 

as nia}" be. the court shall proceed to 
hear and dispose of the case in a 
summary manner. Pending- the final 
disposition of the case, the child may 
be retained in the possession of the 
person having- charge of the same, or 
in the possession of the probation 
officer hereinafter provided for, or 
may be kept in some suitable place 
provided hy the city, county or state 
authorities. 

The justice of each police court 125:6, laws 
shall appoint one person to perform 
the duties of probation officer as here- 
inafter named under the jurisdiction 
of said court ; and the justice of any 
other court may in his discretion, ap- 
ipoint a probation officer to act under 
the jurisdiction of such court. Each 
probation officer shall hold his office 
during the pleasure of the justice who 
makes the appointment. 

Such probation officer shall not t>e j25 :7, laws 
an active member of the regular po- 
lice force, but shall in the execution 
of his official duties have all the 
powers of police officers. The records 
of any probation officer may at all 
times be inspected by the chief of 
police or city marshal of any town or 
city. 

Each probation officer shall inquire 125:8, laws 
into the nature of every criminal case '^^^'^• 
broug-ht before the court under whose 
jurisdiction he acts, and may recom- 



122 SCHOOL LAWS. 



mend that any person convicted by 
said court may be placed upon pro- 
bation ; the court may place any per- 
son so convicted in the care of said 
probation officer for such time and 
upon such conditions as may seem 
proper. 

Each person released upon proba-^g^.g ^^^^^ 
tion as aforesaid shall be furnished 1907. 
by the probation officer vv^ith a w^ritten 
statement of the terms and conditions 
of his release ; each probation officer 
shall keep full records of all cases in- 
Testigated by him, of all cases placed 
in his care by the court and of any 
other duties performed by him under 
this act. 

The clerk of each court, or the jus- 125 : 10, laws 
tice thereof if there is no clerk, shall, l^^*^- 
when an appointment is made under 
this act, forthw^ith notify the State 
Board of Charities and Correction of 
the name of the officer so appointed. 
Each probation officer shall make a 
monthly report to the said board in 
such form as said board shall direct. 

The compensation of each probation 125:11, laws 
officer shall be determined by the jus- 
tice of the court under v^^hose juris- 
diction he acts and shall be paid by 
the city or town wherein said court is 
established. 

A probation officer shall, at the re- 125:12, laws 
qtlest of any justice of the superior l*^''^* 
court, investigate the case of any per- 



OTHER STATUTES. 



123 



son on trial in tliat court and make a 
report of the same to the justice, 
and may upon order of the court take 
on probation any person convicted in 
said court ; the compensation for such 
services shall be paid from the treas- 
ury of the county upon vouchers ap- 
proved by said justice. 

When any child under the age of 125:13, laws 

1907 AS 

seventeen years shall be found to beaj^g^ded by 
dependent or neglected within the 74, laws 1917. 
meaning of this act, the court may 
make an order committing the child 
to the care of the state board of 
charities and correction or to some 
society or association embracing in 
its objects the purpose of caring for 
or obtaining homes for dependent or 
neglected children, and which has 
been approved by said board. The 
expense of the maintenance of such 
child shall be borne by the county, 
city or town legally chargeable for 
its support if it were a public charge, 
provided, however, that such e::spense 
for maintenance and care shall be 
first approved by the county commis- 
sioners, or overseers of the poor, of 
such county, city or town, and such 
county, city or town shall have a 
right of action over for such expense 
against the parent or guardian of 
such child. 

In any case where the court shall 1 25: 14, laws 
award a child to the care of any 1907. 



124 - SCHOOL LAWS. 

f 

Association or individual in accord- 
ance with the provisions of this act, 
the child shall, unless otherw^ise or- 
dered, become a ward and be subject 
to the guardianship of the associa- 
tion or individual to whose care it is 
committed. Such association or indi- 
vidual shall have authority to place 
such child in a family home and may 
be made party to any proceedings for 
the legal adoption of the child, and 
may by its or his attorney or agent, 
appear in any court where such pro- 
ceedings are pending and assent to 
such adoption, and such assent shall 
be sufficient to authorize the court to 
enter the proper order or decree of 
adoption. Such guardianship shall 
not include the guardianship of any 
estate of the child. 

In the case of a delinquent child, 125 :15, laws 
the court may continue the hearing ^907. 
from time to time, and may commit 
the child to the care and custody of a 
probation officer, and may allow said 
child to remain in its own home sub- 
ject to the visitation of the proba- 
tion officer; such child to report to 
the probation officer as often as may 
be required and subject to be re- 
turned to the court for further or 
other proceedings whenever such ac- 
tion may appear to be necessary; or 
the court may cause such child to be 
placed in a suitable family home, sub- 



OTHER STATUTES. -L^^ 

ject to the friendly supervision of a 
probation officer, and the further or- 
der of the court; or it may authorize 
the child to be boarded out in some 
suitable family home in case provi- 
sion is made by voluntary contribu- 
tion or otherwise made for payment 
of the board of such child until a 
suitable provision is made for the 
child in a home without payment. In 
case the court shall find that any 
child broug-ht before it for hearing 
for violation of any of the laws of this 
state ought to be subjected to pun- 
ishment therefor under the laws of 
this state, the court may order the 
said child to furnish sufficient sure- 
ties for his appearance at the nexx 
term of the superior court to be 
holden in the county wherein said 
child may be arraigned, and in de- 
fault thereof the child may be com- 
mitted to the State Industrial School, 
there to be kept until his case shall 
be disposed of by said superior court. 

No court shall commit a child under 125: 16, laws 
seventeen years of age to a jail or 1907. 
police station, but if such child is un- 
able to give bail, it may be committed 
to the care of a probation officer or 
kept in some suitable institution pro- 
vided by the state, outside the en- 
closure of any jail or police station. 
No child shall be sentenced to confine- 
ment to any institution wherein adult 
convicts may be confined. 



126 SCHOOL LAWS. 

The court in committinff children 125:17, laws 

1907 
shall place them as far as practicable 

in the care and custody of some in- 
dividual holding the same religious 
belief as the parents of said child, or 
with some association which is con- 
trolled by persons of like religious 
faith of the parents of the child. No 
child under the supervision of any 
state institution shall be denied the 
free exercise of the religion of his 
parents nor the liberty of worshiping 
God according to the religion of his 
parents whether living or dead. 

Nothing in this act shall be con- 125: is, laws 
strued to repeal any portion of the 1^^^- 
criminal law of this state nor to in 
any manner abridge the powers of the 
superior court nor the right of appeal 
granted under law from orders and 
decrees of police and justice courts. 

This act shall be liberally construed 125:19, laws 
to the end that its purpose may be ^^°'^' 
carried out, to ivit : that the care, cus- 
tody, and disposition of a child shall 
approximate as nearly as may be that 
which should be given by its parents, 
and in cases where it can properly be 
done, the child to be placed in an ap- 
proved family home and become a 
member of xhe family by legal adop- 
tion or otherwise. 

Any officer who neglects to perform x25:20 laws 
any of the duties reqaiired of him 1907. 
shall forfeit two hundred dollars for 
each offense. 



OTHEE STATUTES. 127 

The word "juvenile" in this act 31:1, 1917. 
shall mean any boy or girl under the 
age of seventeen years. 

The court records of criminal pro- 31:2, 1917. 
ceedings vv^ith reference to juveniles 
in all courts in this state shall be 
kept in separate books and files from 
all other court records. 

Neither the record of the arrest, 31:3, 1917. 
trial or conviction of juvenile offend- 
ers, nor the fact of such arrest, trial 
or conviction, shall be admissible in 
evidence or in any way shown in any . 
action or proceeding of a criminal 
or civil nature, except during the 
period for which said juvenile of- 
fender has been placed on probation 
by any court in the state or within 
two years after the discharge of any 
such juvenile offender from any in- 
stitution to which he may have been 
committed by any court in the state; 
and every such record of proceedings 
heretofore or hereafter entered or 
kept as aforesaid against any such 
juvenile shall become a sealed record 
and no longer accessible to any per- 
son, and shall remain in the custody 
of the court wherein the same is of 
record, after the expiration of the 
period for which said juvenile has 
been placed on probation by any 
court, or the expiration of two years 
after the discharge of any such 
juvenile from an institution to which 



128 SCHOOL LAWS. 



he may have been committed by any 
court, as the case may be, unless it 
shall be made to appear to said court 
that, prior to the expiration of said 
period of probation or the expiration 
of two years after the discharge of 
any such juvenile from any institu- 
tion, as aforesaid, such juvenile shall 
have been convicted of an offense 
under the laM^s of this or any other 
state. 

Whenever a minor under the age of 101:15, 1913. 
seventeen years shall be convicted of 
an offense punishable otherwise than 
by imprisonment for life, he shall be 
sentenced to the industrial school for 
the term of his minority. Provided, 
that nothing- in this act shall be 
deemed to prevent such sentence be- 
ing suspended under the provisions of 
any other law. 

"Whenever a minor under the age of 101:16, 1913. 
seventeen is a truant, or inccirrigible, 
or knowingly associates with vicious 
or immoral persons, or is growling up 
in idleness or crime, or knowingly 
patronizes any place where gambling 
is carried on, or frequents a house of 
ill-fame and such minor is brought 
before a court or justice, such court 
or justice may, upon such fact being 
showm, order the minor to be com- 
mitted to the industrial school for the 
term of his minority. 



OTHER STATUTES. 129 

Whenever the Trustees of the Iii-ioi:2i, 1913. 
dustrial School shall deem it proper 
and for the best interests of any child 
■under their charge that such child 
shall be released from the school be- 
fore attaining the age of twenty-one 
\years, they may release him upon 
such conditions as they may in their 
discretion fix. No release shall be 
effective until provisions have been 
made for the proper care of the re- 
leased person elsev^here than at the 
school. 
Committal of Wlienever it is made to appear upon 47:5^ laws 
SchooTfo? application to the judge of probate ^^^Q! 
Feeble-Minded, for any county, and after a proper 
hearing, that any feeble-minded child 
or any feeble-minded female of child- 
bearing age resident within said 
county, and who is not already in any 
almshouse, the Industrial School, or 
the New Hampshire hospital, or sup- 
ported by any town or county, is a 
fit subject for the New Hampshire 
School for Feeble-Minded Children, 
such judge may commit such child 
or feeble-minded female to said New 
Hampshire School for Feeble-Minded 
Children by an order of commit- 
ment directed to the trustees there- 
of, accompanied by the certificate 
of two physicians who are gradu- 
ates of some legally organized med- 
ical college and have practiced three 
years in this state that such feeble- 



130 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



Committal of 
minors to 
Industrial 
School. 



minded female is a suitable subject 
for said institution. Whenever, upon 
such application, there is occasion 
for the judg-e of probate to attend a 
hearing- on days other than those 
fixed by statute as the regular days 
for the sitting" of the probate court 
he shall be allowed five dollars a day 
for his services and his expenses, 
vs^hich shall be paid by the county 
treasurer upon the certificate of the 
county commissioners. 

Feeble-minded persons shall be ad- 47:7, laws of 

1909 
mitted to the institution in the fol- 
lowing order : First, feeble-minded 
children now in public institutions 
supported entirely at public expense ; 
second, the feeble-minded children not 
supported as aforesaid ; third, the 
feeble-minded children of the state 
not in any public institution, who 
have no parents, kinsmen, or guar- 
dian able to provide for them, or per- 
sons who are committed by a judge 
of probate; fourth, those residing 
within the state whose parents, kins- 
men, or guardian bound by law to 
support such children are able to pay; 
fifth, children of other states "whose 
parents or guardians are able and 
willing to pay. 

Whenever a minor under the age of 155:14, laws 
seventeen years shall be convicted of ^^^^• 
an offense punishable by imprison- 
ment, otherwise than for life, and 



OTHER STATUTES. 131 

shall be sentenced accordingly, the 
court or justice, upon application of • 
the minor, his friends or the state's 
attorney, may order that instead of 
such imprisonment, the minor may be 
sent to and be kept employed and in- 
structed at the Industrial School for 
such term, not extending" beyond the 
ag"e of twenty-one years, as the court 
or justice shall judge most for his 
true interest and benefit, provided he 
shall conduct himself according to the 
regulations of the school. A copy of 
such order shall be sufficient author- 
ity for his commitment and detention 
at the school. 
Penalty for Any person who shall, without 57. ^j^^^ 

neglect or re- cause, desert or wilfully neglect or re- 1913. 

luSHi to prO" 

vide for le- fuse to provide for the support and 

niegSmate" maintenance of his wife in destitute 

™IV?^ or necessitous circumstances, or any 

children. "^ 

person who shall without lawful ex- 
cuse desert or wilfully neglect or re- 
fuse to provide for the support and 
maintenance of his or her legitimate 
or illegitimate minor child or children 
under the age of sixteen years in des- 
titute or necessitous circumstances 
shall be guilty of a crime and on con- 
viction thereof shall be punished by 
fine not exceeding three hundred dol- 
lars ($300) or imprisonment for a 
term not exceeding fifteen months, or 
both such fine and imprisonment in 
the discretion of the court. 



132 SCHOOL LAWS. 

Cliapter 108 of the Session Laws of 57:2, laws 

1913 

• 1905 is hereby repealed and this act 

shall take effect upon its passage. 

Marriage If special cause exists rendering 80:3, laws 

under age of ^ . /, ,, . » 1907, 

consent. desirable the marriage of a person amended 

resident in this state below the age ' 
of consent and aboA'^e the ages speci- 
fied in section 1 of this act, the par- 
ties desiring to contract such mar- 
riage, with the parent or guardian 
having the custody of such of those 
parties as is below such age, if there 
be such parent or guardian within 
the state, may apply in writing to any 
justice of the superior court, or to 
the judge of probate of the county in 
which the party below the age of con- 
sent resides, or the county in which 
one of them resides, if both be below 
such age, for permission to contract 
such marriage. Such justice or judge 
shall at once hear the parties, and if 
he is satisfied that special cause 
exists making such marriage desir- 
able, he shall grant his permission 
therefor in w^riting, which permission 
shall be filed with the clerk of the 
superior court or register of probate, 
as the case may be, for the county in 
which the petition is filed and shall 
be by said clerk or register certified 
to the city or town clerk to whom 
application is made for license to con- 
tract such marriage ; and such clerk 
shall minute the fact of the granting 



OTHER STATUTES. 133 

of such permission upon the license 
issued by him, and upon the record 
thereof perserved by him, and upon 
all copies thereof which he is by law 
required to make. 

It shall be the duty of the superin- 132:1, laws 
tendent of public instruction to rec- 
ommend a special appropriation at 
each session of the legislature of an 
amount sufficient to meet the purposes 
of this act for the partial support of 
mothers. 

The allowance to each of such i32;2, al-ws 
mothers shall not exceed ten dollars ^^^5. 
a month when she has but one child 
under the ag-e of sixteen years ; and 
if she has more than one child under 
the ag"e of sixteen years, it shall not 
exceed the sum of ten dollars a month 
for the first child and five dollars a 
month for each of the other children 
under the age of sixteen years. 

A petition in writing, signed by the 132:3, laws 
mother and verfied by affidavit, ask--'-^-'-^- 
ing for an allowance under the provi- 
sions of this act and setting forth 
in detail the facts of the case, shall 
be filed with the school board of the 
town wherein such mother is a resi- 
dent, and it shall be the duty of the 
school board to make immediate in- 
vestigation of the facts. The school 
board shall then make an official 
written recommendation of the 
amount of support that such mother 



134 SCHOOL LAWS. 



should receive and shall file the same, 
together with a copy of such mother's 
petition, with the department of pub- 
lic instruction. 

It shall be the duty of the depart- 132:4, laws 
ment of public instruction to make a 
further personal investigation of the 
case, when the facts set forth in the 
original petition of such mother and 
recommendation of the school board 
warrant any action being taken, and 
increase or decrease the amount of 
the allowance recommended in the re- 
port of the school board on such case 
in their discretion, and such inves- 
tigation shall be made by them w^ithin 
fourteen days of the date of the filing 
of the recommendation of the school 
board. The department of. public in- 
struction may increase or decrease 
the amount of such allowance at any 
time thereafter, to meet the varied 
needs of such mother, but no change 
in the amount of such allowance shall 
be made without an official recom- 
mendation in writing from the scnool 
board of the town wherein such 
mother is a resident, or a personal 
investigation by the department of 
public instruction at a period of not 
more than thirty days prior to such 
change in the amount of such allow- 
ance. 

No aid shall be rendered to de- 132:5, laws 
pendent mothers under the preceding 1915. 



OTHER STATUTES. 135 

\ 
sections of this act except under tlie 
following- conditions: (1) The child 
or children for whose benefit the al- 
lowance is made must be living- with 
the mother of such child or children ; 
(2) the allowance shall be made only 
when, in the absence of such allow- 
ance, the mother would be required to 
work regularly away from home and 
children, and when by means of such 
allowance she will be able to remain 
at home with her children; (3) the 
mothei- must, in the judgment of the 
school board of the town or the de- 
partment of public instruction, be a 
proper person, morally, physically, 
and mentally, for the bringing up of 
hej^ children; (4) no person shall re- 
ceive the benefit of this act who shall 
not have been a resident of the state 
for at least two years next before the 
making of such application for an al- 
lowance under this act. 

Whenever any child shall reach the 132:6, laws 
age of sixteen years, an allowance ^^^^• 
made to the mother of such child for 
his benefit shall cease. 

The provisions of this law shall not 132:7, laws 
apply to any woman who is not de- 1915. 
pendent on her own efforts for the 
support of herself and family and at 
the time of receiving such aid is not 
of good repute and making an earnest 
effort for self-support. 



136 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



All expenses incurred by school 132:8, laws 
boards under the provisions of this "^ 
act shall be paid out of the school 
money of the town or city where such 
case arises. 



Military 
instruction 
public 
schools. 



[The sum of twenty thousand dollars was 
appropriated to cover the provisions of this 
act for the year ending August 31, 1918, and 
a like amount for the year ending August 31, 
1919.] 

The use of any of the armories now 132: 10, laws 
^^ owned or hereafter erected by the "^ 
state of New Hampshire shall be 
available to org-anized bodies of the 100:1, 1917. 
citizenry of this state for the purpose 
of military drill and instruction, 
under such regulations for the care of 
the same and the safe keeping- of any 
state property that may be therein as 
may be formulated by the adjutant- 
general and approved by the governor 
and council. Application for the use 
of such armories must be made by 
the elected officers of the organiza- 
tions desiring the use of the armory 
or armories of this state in such man- 
ner as the adjutant-general may pre- 
scribe, and the military instruction 
and the exercises practiced therein 
shall be approved by and subject to 
the inspection of said adjutant-gen- 
eral at any time. 



OTHEE STATUTES. 



1B7 



Cities and towns are hereby author- 100:2, 1917. 
ized to include military drill and phy- 
sical exercises in the courses of in- 
struction provided by them in the 
public schools and to appropriate for 
such purposes such sums as they may 
see fit. 



INDEX. 



PAGE 
Academies, approved by superintendent of public instruc- 
tion, when 7 

contfacts with, terminated by superintendent 

of public instruction, when 7 

Aeademy, definition of 7; 

districts may contract with, when 7' 

see high school. 

Age of consent, marriag-e under Idi 

Alcoholic stimulants 31 

Animals, humane treatment of 3' 

Armories, to be used for military drill 13( 

Attendance 83, 8; 

averag-e, state aid based upon i 

by-law concerning- 94 

penalty for offense ag-ainst by-law S4 

see employment of children. 

Auditors of districts 34 

Barbed wire, fences 65, 

Bellows Falls, Vt 75 

Berwick Academy, Me 75 

Blind, state aid for 107 

Bonds exempted 13i 

By-law, district 84 

offence against ■. . 21, 84; 

Certificate teachers, entitle district to state aid 10' 

list of 42, 

139 ' 



iO , INDEX. 

PAGE. 
grtification of teachers, by superintendent of public in- 

instrnction 40, 41 

without examination 41 

harities and Correction, State Board of 107, 112, 113, 114 

hecklist to be used at school meeting-, when 30 

hild labor, see employment of children. 
hildren, certificates furnished to, see employment of 
children. 

deserted by parents 116, 117 

enumeration of, by truant officer, when 46 

igarettes, prohibited 110 

lerk of district, duty of 32, 33 

how chosen 32 

oncord Union School District, buildings in 63 

onstitution of New Hampshire 38 

United States 38 

ontagious diseases 106 

protection of pupils from 106 

Conveyance of scholars 36 

ionway, school district in 75 

lounty commissioners, compensation of 59 

to locate schoolhouses, when 58 

'ourts, juvenile 121-128 

Jruelty to children 108 

)ay, school, in absence of contract 46 

)eaf, state aid for 107 

>elinquent children, treatment and control of 118 

Dependent children, placing out of 114 

treatment and control of 114 

Deputies, appointment of 52 

duties of 52 

salary of 52 

Desertion of minors, penalty for 116, 117 



INDEX. 14 

PAGI 
District clerk, see clerk. 

definition of li 

meetings, see meetings. 
officers, see officers. 

organization of 1 

taxes 6, 

Districts 14, 2 

admission of scholars from other 1 

annexation of territory 19, 20, 2 

contracting with high schools outside of state, 

to receive rebate, when 7 

dissolution of special 15-1 

joint schools of two or more 2 

maintenance of high schools in dissolved, special 1 

may contract with secondary schools 7 

may contract with secondary schools outside 

state, when 7 

establish evening schools 2 

high schools 2 

joint schools 2 

hire money, for what 1 

how 1 

maintain high schools 2 

make by-laws 8 

raise money for what 5, 13, 10. 

require appointment of superintendent 4' 

powers of 2( 

record of dissolved II 

situate in two or more towns II 

something that may not be done by 2' 

offense against by-laws of 2: 

playgrounds established in 21 

summary of chief powers 2( 

taxes of 6, 1 

to be corporations 1 4 



H2 IH^DEX. 

PAGE. 

3)istricts to determine salaries of school boards 34, 44 

* truant officers 34, 44 

receive aid for certificated teachers 10 

j. hig-h school tuition 10 

Y normal graduates 10 

J supervision 10 

J from state when , 7, 8, 9, 10, 50 

)og tax 6 

)oors to open outwards 63 

)umb, state aid for 107 

i 

]]mployment bureau for teachers 47 

Employment of children 89-99 

( apparently under sixteen 90 

(Employment of children, certificates 92 

enforcement of law by truant 
,( officer 45, 96 

enforcement of law by superin- 
l, tendent of public instruction. . 42, 96 
;, factories inspected by state board 
;, of health, when: 90 

hours of labor 90 

;, illegal 89, 109, 111 

; inspectors to be appointed by 

superintendent of public in- 

-. struction 96 

. penalties for 98 

^ prohibited 98, 109 

^ in certain establish- 
ments 96 

■^numeration of children 46 

equalization fund 9'-ll 

establishments prohibited from employing" children 89 

-Evening schools 22, 47, 89 

how established 22, 89 



INDEX. 143 

PAGE. 

Evening schools, how superintended 22, 47 

Examination of teachers by superintendent of public 

instruction 40 

Exhibition, children not to be employed' in 109 

Eeeble-minded children 129 

New Hampshire School for 129 

Eire-escapes 63 

Flag's and flagstaffs 39 

how paid for 39 

penalty for failure to comply with la^v 39 
Fryeburg Academy, Me - 75 

Ouardians may not permit children to distribute obscene 

literature Ill 

penalty for allowing distribution of obscene 

literature Ill 

to keep children from school, when 106 

to keep children from school, penalty for neglect 106 

to send children to school 85 

penalty for neglect.. 85 

Health and sanitation 102, 107 

contagious diseases 106 

medical inspection 102, 103, 104, 105 

tuberculosis instruction 105 

Hearings before superintendent of public instruction 86 

High schools 68-77 

approved by superintendent of public instruc- 
tion, when 73 

definition of 72 

discontinued, how 68 

when 68 

districts may contract with, when 68, 73 

established 21 

established by joint districts 21, 68 

how 21, 68 



144 INDEX. 

PAGE. 

Hig-h schools in dissolved special districts 18, 69- 

in dissolved special districts discontinued, 

when 70 

in dissolved special districts how maintained 70 
High schools, in dissolved special districts, penalty for 

failure to maintain 70 

liability for tuition at 71 

literary fund for pupils attending- 73 

must be maintained', how 68 

make annual report to superintendent 

of public instruction 73 

outside of state may be contracted with, 

when 75 

outside of state must be approved 75 

tuition for 3, 70 

rebate from state 12, 71, 76 

to be paid by town, when 70 

Holidays 47 

Hours of labor for females and minors 99-101 

Industrial school, truants committed to 129 

Infectious diseases 83 

Inspectors, state, of child labor » 96 

Institute fund 54 

Institutes, how organized 54 

how paid for 55 

normal school teachers to assist at 79 

teachers may attend 46 

Juvenile courts, see probation officer. 

Keene Normal School, see normal schools. 

Keene Union School District, building in 63 

Laws, compilation of school 54 



INDEX. 145 

PAGE. 

Literary fund 7, 8 

distribution of 8 

for pupils attending high, schools 73 

how raised 7 

may be used for what 8 

penalty for misuse of 8 

unincorporated places may receive, when . . 8 

Manufacturing and other establishments, penalty for 

illegal employment of children in 89 

Mason, school district in 75 

Medical inspection 44, 102 

exemption from 104 

tests prescribed by state board of 

health 104 

Meetings, annual 27 

checklist at 30 

penalty for illegal voting at 30 

place of 28 

qualification for voting at 30 

special, when held 27, 28 

money raised at 28 

warrant for 28,29 

where held 28 

Memorial Day exercises 46 

Military instruction in public schools 136, 137 

Minimum school year 11 

for receiving aid 9, 11 

Minors 108 

committal of, to Industrial School 130 

School for Feeble-Minded 129 

not to distribute obscene literature, when Ill 

homes to be found for 112 

mentally or physically incompetent 115 

not admitted to drinking saloons 108 



146 INDEX. 

PAGEc 

Minors, offenses against 108 

penalty for desertion of 116, 117 

neg-lect or refusal to provide for 

legitimate or illegitimate 13 J 

pension for destitute 133 

sale of cigarettes and tobacco prohibited to 110 

toy pistols prohibited 110 

to be supported 113 

treatment and control of dependent 118-127 

also see scholars. 

Moderator of district, duty of 33 

how chosen 33 

power of 33 

Money, amount required by law 3 

in addition to 5 

apportionment upon dissolution of special district 15 

appropriation of 3 

in districts situate in two or 

more towns 15 

assessed by selectmen 6, 45 

assigned to districts 4 

bonds 13, 13 

dog- tax 6 

for conveyance of scholars 4 

flags 3 

fuel 4 

high school tuition 3,11 

institutes 55 

literary fund, see liter art/ fund. 

maintenance of high schools 68 

maintenance of high schools in dissolved special 

districts 18, 69 

normal schools, see normal schools. 

occasional repairs 4 

school '•vagons 6, 36 



INDEX. 147 

PAGE. 

Money for statutory requirements 3 

superintendent's salary 51 

text-books and supplies 3 

hired by districts 12 

Loans ; 12, 13 

local 3-7 

may be raised for medical inspection 105 

used for what 4 

penalty for illegal use , " 5 

neglect to assess 5 

use 5 

raised at special meeting 28 

by districts' for what 4, 13 

salaries of officers 34 

school board 34 

state 9-12 

aid, appropriation for 10 

average attendance basis 9 

for district supervision 10 

indigent deaf, dumb, and blind 107 

high school tuition 11, 71, 75 

high school tuition rebate 11, 12 

not received, when 9, 11 

penalty for not making return® 11 

aid, qualified teacher basis 10 

towns entitled to, when 9 

Mothers, destitute, pension for 133, 134, 135, 136 

New Hampshire Genealogical Society 77 

Industrial School . . . , 129 

Orphans' Home 113, 129 

School for Feeble-Minded Children 129 

Normal School at Keene, appropriation for establishment 81 

contract with eity 81 

establishment 80 



148 INDEX. 

PAGE. 

Normal school at Keene, governanent 80 

maintenance 82 

trustees 82 

at PlymoTitli, establishment 78 

maintenance 79 

trustees 78 

officers of board of 78 

Normal schools 78-82 

admission to .^ 79 

courses of study at 79 

entrance examinations at 79 

graduates of, entitle district to state aid 10 

graduation from 79 

principals to select assistants 79 

provided with instruction in eye and ear 

tests 103 

teachers 79 

at, to assist at institutes 79 

trustees of, may contract with other towns 82 

trustees of, to employ principal 79 

tuition at, free when 79 

Obscene literature 110 

Officers of school districts 31 

auditor 34 

clerk 32, 33 

compensation of, how assessed. . 35 

eligibility 32 

manner of election of 32 

moderator 32 

salaries to be determined by 

district 34 

term of office 32 

treasurer 33, 35, 45 

vacancies, hovr filled 34 



INDEX. 149 

PAGE. 

Parents to send children to school 85 

penalty for neglect 88 

see guardians. 

Parochial school, scholars to be vaccinated 83 

Patriotic exercises 46 

Pension for destitute mothers and children . 133 

Physiology and hygiene 37 

Pistols, sale of toy, prohibited 110 

Places of amusement, admission of children to. ,^ 108 

Playgrounds 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 

Plymouth Normal School, see normal school. 

Private schools must be approved by school board 88 

keep registers 88 

scholars to be vaccinated 83 

Probation officers ■ 121-128 

Public exhibition, children not to be employed in 10© 

Pupils, see scholars. 

Eebate for high school tuition 11, 12 

out of state 75 

Eegisters, form described hy superintendent of public 

instruction 53 

furnished by state 40 

properly kept by teachers 42 

used in high schools 73 

private schools 89 

Eeligious freedom 40, 126 

Eepairs of schoolhouses 36 

Eollinsf ord, school district in 75 

Rural school, instruction in, beyond elementary 39 

Salaries of officers, how assessed 45 

paid 45 

school board 34, 45 

superintendents 49 

truant officers 34, 45 



150 INDEX. 

PAGE. 

Saloons 66 

minors not admitted . 108 

Scholars 83-101 

admitted from other districts 14 

assigned, where 84 

Scholars dismissed, when 83 

may not attend without consent of board 83 

penalty for attending* school illegally 84 

to attend school, when 85 

where 84 

be exckided from school, when 83, 103 

vaccinated 83 

transportation of 36 

with infectious diseases 83 

penalty for attendance 

of 83 

see employment of children, 
minors. 

School board, may dismiss teachers, when 36 

locate schoolhouses, Avhen. 56 

penalty for illegal use of money by 5 

neglect of duty 44 

to file reports 5 

use money 5 

powder of, to prescribe regulations 37 

studies 37 

salaries of 45 

to act upon reports of medical inspectors. . . 102 

appoint truant officers 44 

approve private schools 88 

assign scholars to schools 84 

convey scholars 36 

file reports with superintendent of public 

instruction 43 

failure to comply 44 



IISTDEX. 151 

PAGE. 
Scliool board to furnish registers provided by superin- 
tendent of public instruction 40 

furnish tuberculosis bulletins 105 

hire teachers 36 

make repairs 36 

prescribe studies 37 

penalty for neg-lect 38 

provide schools 36 

prosecute parents, when 88 

purchase flags 39 

text-book® and supplies 38 

send notices to parents, when 88 

superintend evening- schools 47, 89 

town clerk to send superintendent of public 

instruction names of 35 

day and v^eek 46 

for Feeble-Minded, committal of children to 129 

females to 129 

money, see vioney. 

penalty for interrupting- • 88 

year, required length of 8, 10 

Schoolhouse grounds, enlargement of 59 

shade trees for 63 

lots, selection and purchase of, in cities 62 

Schoolhouses 57-68 

appraisal for land damages, appeal from. ... 59 

when 59 

barbed wire fence near 65 

building in cities 62 

districts may take possession of land for, 

when 15,17,61 

doors to open outward 63 

fire-escapes on 63 

location of 57, 58 

appeal to county commissioners . . 58 



152 II^DEX. 

PAGE. 
Schoollioiises, location of, appeal to county commissioners, 

ers, hearing on 38 

grievance on account of 57 

term, of 59 

lot, enlargement of 59 

nuisance in vicinity of 66 

powder of building committee 57 

saloons and 66 

sanitation of 66 

selectmen may build, w^hen , 59 

remove, v^hen 59 

sliall be used for w^hat 61 

transferred to care of board by city councils 63 
transferred to care of board by city councils, 

exceptions 62 

Schools shall be kept, where 36, 6] 

Secondary schools, see high schools. 

Selectmen shall assess school tax 6, 45 

shall build, v^hen 61 

Shade trees : 63 

Special districts, dissolution of 15 

maintenance of high schools in dissolved 18 

trust funds of 17 

State aid to schools, see money. 

board of health, to issue tuberculosis bulletins 105 

prescribe eye and ear tests 104 

for vocational education 56 

Studies, hov^ prescribed 37 

Summary of chief powders of district 26, 27 

Superintendent of public instruction, appointment of 52 

appointment of depu- 
ties by 52 

biennial report of... 54 
biennial report of, 
sent to school 

boards 55 



INDEX. 153 

PAGE, 

Superintendent of public instruction, duties of 53 

duties of in connec- 
tion with normal 

schools 78 

may appoint substi- 
tute to hold, insti- 
tutes 54 

may hold hearing-s. . . 86 
reports to be filed 

with 43 

salary of 52 

to appoint inspectors 

of child labor 96 

compile school laws, 

when 54 

employ counsel, when 97 
enforce attendance 

laws, when ....... 42 

examine and certifi- 
cate teachers 40, 41 

furnish registers .... 40 

have power of truant 

officer 42 

hold institutes 54 

issue service certifi- 
cates, when 41 

lectures on educa- 
tional subjects .... 54 
prescribe form of 

registers 53 

prescribe medical 

tests 104 

report efficiency of 

truant officers .... 97 

of schools, how appointed 50 

may be employed by two or 

more districts 50 



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INDEX. 



PAGE. 

Superintendent of schools, salary, how paid 49 

Supervision 49-52 

Supervisory committee 50 

district 49 

how formed 49 

governed 50 

supported 51 

rebate from state 10, 51 

size of 51 

withdrawal from 51 

Supplies, by whom purchased 38 

how paid for 38 

Tax, dog- 6 

for school purposes 3, 5 

of nonresidents 6 

ward, where 4 

Taxes of district 6 

Teachers, certification of by superintendent of public In- 

instruction 40 

dismissal of 36 

employment bureau 47 

examination of 40 

hiring of 36 

list of certified 42 

may attend institutes 46 

right to hearing 38 

to ^keep registers 42 

Text-books, by whom purchased 38 

how paid for 38 

money appropriated for 3 

not to favor particular sect or political party 40 

Tobacco, prohibited 110 

Town clerk to report local school board 35 

Townsend, Mass 75 



IIN^DEX. 



155 



PAGE. 

Toy pistols 110 

Treasurer of district, duty of 33 

how cL-Osen 33 

Truant officers, authority of 45 

duties of 44 

salaries of : 35, 45 

superintendent of public instruction tO' 

have power of * 42 

to be appointed by whom 44 

Trustees of normal schools, see normal schools. 

Tuberculosis 105 

Tuition at high schools 70, 71, 72 

high school tuition rebate 71, 75, 76 

Vaccination 83 

Vehicles, see wagons. 

Vocational education, provision of Act of Congress for. ... 55, 56 

Voters, checklist of 30 

Voting, penalty for illegal « 31 

qualifications 30 

Wagons, district to raise money for 6, 36 

Walpole, school district in 75 

Warrant for school meeting 28 

Week, school, in absence of contract 46 

Year, fiscal 43 

minimum school 11 

for receiving aid 9, 11 



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